Kpup and standards based assessment policy analysis by dr. plata

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KPUP and Standards-based Grading in the Phil ippines:

A Policy Analysis

Dr. Sterling Miranda Plata Assessment reform advocate

Background

• “The difference between failure and honor roll often depends on the GRADING POLICIES of the teacher. To reduce the failure rate, schools don’t need a new curriculum, a new principal, new teachers, or new technology. They just need a better grading system” (Reeves, 2008, p. 85).

Objectives of the paper

• 1. compare DepEd’s SBAR with SBG literature• 2. analyse the alignment of SBAR objectives and its

policy

SBG Definit ion

Standards-based grading (SBG) is based on “the

evidence of mastery of content standards and

is not based on assessment methods, such as quizzes, tests, and homework” (Townsley, 2014).

Benefits (Scriff iny, 2008)

• 1. gives more meaning •2. avoids confusion•3. reduces paperwork•4. teaches what quality looks like

SBG Mechanics

• 1. Focus on standards• 2. Expand the report card• 3. Separate the progress from effort• 4. Allow students to make up for missed work

Existing l i terature

• O’Connor (2002). How to grade for learning• Reeves. (2009). Leading to change/effective grading

practices• Plata. (2007) Exploring assessment reform policy

and implementation• Canadian Language Benchmarks• Common European Framework of Reference for

Languages• WIDA standards

SBAR DepEd Memo 73 s. 2012

• “Assessment shall be used primarily as a quality assurance tool to track student progress in the attainment of standards, promote self-reflection and personal accountability for one’s learning, and provide a basis for the profiling of student performance.

KPUP Definition

• Knowledge (15%)-content of the curr and facts

• Processes/Skil ls (25%) -for constructing meaning

• Understandings (30%) -enduring big ideas

• Products/Performances (30%-real-life applications

Similarit ies

SBAR

• Goal-focus on standards

• Personal accountability

• Does not record quizzes, HW, etc

SBG

• Goal-focus on standards

• Personal accountability

• Does not record quizzes, HW, etc

Differences

DepEd’s SBAR• Unclear audience of the

reporting system

• Recording KPUP instead of evidence of mastery

• Single letter grade per subject

SBG• Specific audience target

• Recording evidence of mastery

• Expanded report card

SBAR’s purpose and policy

Purpose • Assessment shall be holistic

with emphasis on formative assessment

• Focus on content standards

Policy• KPUP recorded in the grade

book

• Final grade-proficiency standards

From tradit ional reporting

• From transmission • To transformation

Recommendations

• 1.PLC on grading for learning• 2.Professional development on standards-based

assessment• 3. Expand the report card• 4. Review existing proficiency scales• 5. Create can do statements for feedback and self-

assessment • 6. Use KPUP as guide in designing assessment

tasks

Bibliography

Canadian Language Benchmarks. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/pub/language-benchmarks.pdf

Council of Europe. (2011). Common European framework of reference for languages. Retrieved from http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/cadre1_en.asp

Department of Education. (2012). Guidelines on the assessment and rating of learning outcomes under the K to 12 basic education curriculum. Retrieved from http://www.gov.ph/downloads/2012/09sep/20120905-DepEd-DO-0073-BSA.pdf

Fairfax County Public Schools. (2013). Elementary grading and reporting handbook for parents. Retrieved from http://www.fcps.edu/is/schoolcounseling/documents/ElementaryGradingandReportingHandbookparents.pdf

• O’Connor, K. (2002). How to grade for learning. California: Corwin Press.

• Plata, S. (2007). Exploring assessment reform policy and implementation in Philippine public secondary education. Philippine Journal of Linguistics, 97 (7), 52-56.

• Plata, S. (2011). Implementation of curriculum reform: Roadblocks and potholes. In Dita (Ed). Issues and Trends in Applied Linguistics.

• Reeves, D. (2009). Leading to change/effective grading practices. Educational Leadership, 65(5), 85-87.

• Sriffiny, P. (2008). Seven reasons for standards-based grading. Educational Leadership, 66(20), 70-74.

• Stiggins, R. (2008). Assessment for learning, the achievement gap, and truly effective schools. Retrieved from https://www.ets.org/Media/Conferences_and_Events

sterl ing.plata@dlsu.edu.ph

• Full paper will available soon as part of the DLSU Research Congress 2015 Proceedings.

• KPUP Revolution Seminar April 17-18, 2015, DLSU Manila