Performance of Grade Two Pupils in the School, District and Division Achievement Tests
Keywords:
Achievement Tests, Elementary Students, Performance of StudentsAbstract
This study attempted to evaluate the performance of the Grade two pupils of Catbalogan I Central Elementary School, Catbalogan, Samar with the end in view of determining whether the performance of the pupils satisfies the expected Mean Percentage Scores established for the school, district and division levels for the school year 1986-1987. This study employed the analytical-descriptive research method involving three hundred eight pupils 147 of which are males and 161 females of the entire grade two population in the School, and District Achievement Test and 30 samples respondents in the Division Achievement Tests. The respondents were drawn through systematic random sampling from the teacher’s Form 1 or school register where the pupils were listed alphabetically. The statistical treatment used is the one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in treating the differences between the actual performance of the Grade two pupils in the School, District, and Division Achievement by subjects. Taking all the subject collectively, the general pupils’ performance met the performance target set by the school, the district, and the division as indicated by the insignificant differences between the expected and the actual MPS. Based on the findings and conclusions, this study recommends the following: (1) there should be a similar study conducted in all grade levels in the New Elementary School Curriculum so as to determine the strengths and weaknesses in the achievement of pupils, (2) the school should conduct a continuous analysis of the results of all achievement tests, (3) achievement tests administered to the pupils should be properly validated, (4) in order to attain the coveted quality education, the first foundation of education should be solidly built, (5) master learning should be given more emphasis on the development of pupils’ performance in all the learning areas of the New elementary school curriculum, (6) the teaching should be well acquainted with the school, district, and division targets at the start of the year, and (7) the school and the district tests must be conducted objectively under close supervision to prevent anyone from assisting the pupils during examination time.
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