Competency in Assessment of Selected DepEd Teachers in National Capital Region

Abstract

Assessment is considered a major responsibility of a teacher and incompetence in educational assessment will definitely not yield a desirable learning outcome for students. Using a descriptive survey research design, the present study determined the assessment competencies of selected teachers from Department of Education-National Capital Region guided by DepEd Order Number 42, Series of 2017 or the Philippine Professional Standard for Teachers (PPST). The study utilized survey questionnaire derived from the five strands of Domain Number 5, Assessment and Reporting of PPST. Respondents were 97 elementary and secondary teachers from the different public schools of National Capital Region using random sampling. Teachers showed moderate competency in the first, third, and fourth strands. Results indicated meaningful diverseness between elementary and secondary teachers' competence in assessment as well as between those who have more and less exposure to assessment trainings in terms of the second and fifth strands. Result of this study may be utilized by DepEd in designing professional development programs related to assessment for the teachers to be fully compliant with PPST’s requirement and to become quality and effective teachers in the Philippines.