Elementary level

Department of Education ORDER No. 04 s. 2004

GUIDELINES ON THE NEW PRFORMANCE-BASED GRADING SYSTEM 1. DepEd Order No. 79, s. 2003 moves the student evaluation process away from the misleading effects of the transmutation tables towards a performance-based grading system that provides a more reliable measure of what the students are actually learning on their classes. The changes for the implementation of the new system are as follows: a. Ending the use of transmutation tables to arrive at the grades of students; b. The redesign of test-based assessment instruments (periodic examinations, long tests, quizzes) to give appropriate weights to the basic competencies covered in the classes; and c. Basing the final, year-end mark on the average of the grades obtained by the students in the four grading periods.

2. The Department has deemed it necessary to introduce additional guidelines to ease the transition into the new performance-based grading system.

The transitional guidelines are as follows :

For the 4th grading period tests, 70% of the items will be easy, 20% moderately difficult and 10% difficult. b The passing mark for this year is 70 instead of 75. c The lowest grade to be indicated in the card remains 65. a

Department of Education ORDER No. 33 s. 2004 1. To continually improve the quality of learning outcomes, the lowest passing grades or the minimum performance standard for students in public elementary and secondary schools is set at 75% for SY 2004-2005 and school years thereafter. The lowest failing grade that may appear in the report card is set at 65%. 2. In assessing learning outcomes, the construction of the tests design should consist of 60% basic items, 30% more advanced items and 10% items for distinguishing honor students. The items should cover only materials actually taken up.

3. Rubrics, where appropriate, are provided to assess performance in each of the following components: participation/performance, projects/outputs, and assignments, among others. 4. Transmutation tables shall not be used in the computation of grades. Test scores shall be recorded as raw scores. 5. The final grade shall be determined by averaging the marks for the four quarters.

GUIDELINES FOR RATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS DepEd Order No. 33, s. 2004 English & Filipino I-VI Periodical tests Quizzes/unit tests Class participation Assignments Science & Health III-VI Math I-VI Makabayan I-III

25% 15% 20% 5%

25% 15% 15% 5%

25% 15% 15% 5%

25% 15% 15% 5%

Projects
Themes experiments Other performance output TOTAL

10%
10%

10%
15%

15%

15%

15%

10%

15%

15%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Makabayan
HKS IV-VI EPP IV-VI 25% 15% 10% 5% 25% Music IV-VI 25% 15% 10% 5% 10% 30% 20% 30% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Arts IV-VI 25% 15% 10% 5% 20% P.E. IV-VI 25% 15% 10% 5% 10%

Periodical Tests Quizzes/Unit Tests Class Participation Assignment Project

25% 15% 20% 5% 10%

Other Performance Output

Musical Instruments Art Activities sports/dances/cultural and Literary Activities

15%

15%

TOTAL

Department of Education Order No. 39, s. 2004 (Implementing guidelines on the performancebased grading system for SY 2004-2005)
In connection with the guidelines of rating Elementary School Pupils as stated in DepEd Order No. 33 s. 2004, the corrected copy of the Distribution of weights specifically on Class Interaction/participation to complete the 100% rating is as follows.

GUIDELINES FOR RATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS DepEd Order No. 39, s. 2004 English & Filipino I-VI Periodical tests Quizzes/unit tests *Class participation Assignments Science & Health III-VI Math I-VI Makabayan I-III

25% 15% 20% 5%

25% 15% 20% 5%

25% 15% 25% 5%

25% 15% 25% 5%

Projects
Themes experiments Other performance output TOTAL

10%
10%

10%
15%

15%

15%

15%

10%

15%

15%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Makabayan
HKS EPP Music Arts P.E.

IV-VI

IV-VI
25% 15% 15%

IV-VI
25% 15% 15%

IV-VI
25% 15% 15%

IV-VI
25% 15% 15%

Periodical Tests Quizzes/Unit Tests *Class Participation

25% 15% 30%

Assignment
Project Other Performance Output
C L A S S R O O M

5%
10% 15%

5%
25% 15%

5%
10% 30%

5%
20%

5%
10%

Musical Instruments Art Activities sports/dances/cultural and Literary Activities 100% 100%

20% 30% 100% 100% 100%

TOTAL

Example rating for Mathematics Get the average of all the ratings entered in the Class Record under each measure of achievement multiply the result with the corresponding weight.
Pupil 1 2 Pupil 1 2 90 85 85 75 QUZZES 90 80 88 82 90 80 90 85 AVE. 89 80 15% 13.35 12.00 5% 90 83 4.50 4.15 85 80 PARTICIPATION 85 75 85 80 80 85 90 85 90 85 AVE. 85 82 25% 21.50 20.50 15% 13.50 12.30

ASSIGNMENT 90 85 90 80

PROJECT 90 85 95 80

AVE. 90 82

Pupil
1 2

Other Activities
90 85

15%
13.50 12.90

PERIODIC
TEST 25% 92 87 23.00 21.75

FINAL RATING
89.35 83.60

To compute the pupils rating: Weight Quizzes Class interaction Assignment Projects Math activities Periodical tests total 15% 25% 5% 15% 15% 25% 100% Average x 89 x 86 x 90 x 90 x 90 x 92 x Weight 0.15 0.25 0.05 0.15 0.15 0.25 Weighted average 13.35 21.50 4.50 13.50 13.50 23.00 89.35%

REPORT CARD
A report card communicates a student's performance. In most places, the report card is issued by the school to the student or the student's parents twice or four times yearly. A typical report

card uses a grading scale to determine the quality of

a student's school work.

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