Miraflor I. Fernandez:NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND GRADING SYSTEM FRAMEWORK

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DepEd Order No. 71, S. 2010
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND GRADING SYSTEM FRAMEWORKS



I believe that all the programs of the Department of Education are for the good and the benefits of the students as well as to improve and develop our educational system. It remains the fact that acquiring quality education is a partner for national development. Educated Filipinos is the best human capital for the country’s progress and development. One of the main goals of our educational system is the production of functional literate Filipino learners. Assessment is a way of gathering data and evidence about the performance of the Filipino learners. Sad to note it doesn’t serve the purpose for it give out inaccurate data in which suppose will correct weaknesses in the delivery of instruction. Here is the National Achievement Test task to measure the literacy skill of the learners. But the administration of NAT plays controversies up to the end that results also note a big question mark? Even how much the government spends money for programs and projects but it is in the manner of implementation;

My Personal Arguments:

1. I think our educational system need not to make or focus on educational reforms but rather transformation of our educational leaders. It says that leadership is not a position but it is an obligation. It is a way of doing the right thing for the common good.

2. A lot of things have been said in the administration of the NAT that there are irregularities and the result is not reliable. It maybe because NAT is a tool to measure the effectiveness of the school and maybe it happens because no one would like to be labeled as ineffective.

3. I think it also happens due to competition. Schools and administrators competes each other for ego sake for they don’t want to belong in a low performing school. By all means they would do to stay on top or in the middle rank for some reasons.

4. NAT is a good exposure for students in taking examination for it measures their learning capabilities and mastery level in basic subjects. Hoping NAT will be carried out with honesty in its administration to really give pictures the true performance of the school to design appropriate learning intervention. Though there is no evidence claim about the irregularities hope as educators will set good examples of values to exemplify to our students for it’s a big shame to be a cheater and the bottom line it is the learners who will become losers.