DepEd ORDER No. 73 S. 2012General Guidelines for the Assessment and Rating of Learning Outcomes Effective School Year () 2012-2013, the standards-based assessment and rating system shall be implemented to support the progressive roll-out starting with grades 1 and 7 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum in public and private elementary and secondary schools nationwide. LEVEL OF LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge Process or Skill Understanding Products and PerformancesThe levels of Assessment are defined as follows:

KNOWLEDGE

The substantive content of the curriculum, the facts and information that the student acquiresPROCESS

Skills or cognitive operations that the student performs on facts and information for the purpose of constructing meanings or understandings.UNDERSTANDING(S)

Enduring big ideas, principles and generalizations inherent to the discipline, which may be assessed using the facets of understanding which may be specific to the disciplinePRODUCTS / PERFORMANCES

Real-life application of understanding as evidenced by the students performance of authentic tasks.LEVELS OF ASSESSMENT

These levels shall be the outcomes reflected in the class record and shall be given corresponding percentage weights as follows:

LEVEL OF ASSESSMENTPERCENTAGE WEIGHT

Knowledge15%

Process or Skills25%

Understanding (s)30%

Products / Performances30%

TOTAL = 100%

ASSESSMENT TOOLSKNOWLEDGEPROCESS / SKILLSUNDERSTANDINGSPRODUCTS & PERFORMANCES

Traditional Tools:Transform a Textual Presentation into a DiagramFacets of UnderstandingsAuthentic products or performance tasks that a student is expected to do to

Paper and Pencil Tests~ Outline, Organize, Analyze, Interpret, Translate, Convert or Express Information~ Self KnowledgeDemonstrate his or her understanding.

~ Multiple Choice~ Flow Chart~ Empathy~ Self Understanding

~ True or False~ Construct Graphs ~ Perspective~ Self Monitoring

~ Matching Type ~ Graphic Organizers~ Explanation~ Self Assessment

~ Constructed Response Tests~ Draw Analogies~ Interpretation~ Permit choices of combinations of oral, written, visual and kinesthetic modes

LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY AND ITS EQUIVALENT NUMERICAL VALUE

The performance of the students shall be described in the report card, based on the following levels of proficiency

LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY EQUIVALENT NUMERICAL VALUE

Beginning (B) 74% and Below

Developing (D) 75 - 79%

Approaching Proficiency (AP) 80 - 84%

Proficient (P) 85 - 89%

Advanced (A) 90% and Above