Metro Manila College

U-Site, Brgy. Kaligayahan Novaliches, Quezon City

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
ECE 9 - Assessment of Children’s Development of Learning

Name: ______________________________________________ Rating: ____________________

___1. Assessment in the K to 12 Basic Education Program recognizes the following except one:
A. Diversity of learners inside the classroom
B. Multiple ways of measuring their varying abilities and learning potentials
C. Role of learners as co-participants in the assessment process
D. Selecting appropriate objectives
___2. Assessment is a joint process that involves both in the classroom assessment
A. Teachers and Learners
B. Teachers and Parents
C. Parents and Learners
D. Teachers and Community
___3. The following are assessed in the classroom except one:
A. Content Standards
B. Performance Standards
C. Learning Competencies
D. Teacher’s Guide
___4. What cognitive process dimensions that used as a guide in the formulation of assessment tasks and activities
where learner can recall information and retrieve relevant knowledge from long term memory?
A. Remembering C. Applying
B. Understanding D. Analyzing
___5. The assessment process with the K to 12 Curriculum where in the learner can construct meaning from oral, written
and graphic messages.
A. Remembering C. Applying
B. Understanding D. Analyzing
___6. The formulation of assessment tasks and activities wherein the learner can use information to undertake a
procedure in familiar situations or in a new way.
A. Remembering C. Applying
B. Understanding D. Analyzing
___7. The learner can distinguish between parts and determine how they relate to one another and to the over-all
structure and purpose.
A. Applying C. Evaluating
B. Analyzing D. Creating
___8. In evaluating, the learning can make judgments and justify decisions except one:
A. Coordinate, measure, detect
B. Defend, judge, argue
C. Critique, appraise, evaluate
D. Outline, attribute, deconstruct
___9. The assessment tasks and activities where in the learner can put elements together to form a functional whole,
create a new product or point of view.
A. Applying C. Evaluating
B. Analyzing D. Creating
___10. The formative assessment may be constructed except one:
A. Assigned lesson
B. Before the lesson
C. During the lesson
D. After the lesson
___11. The purpose of formative assessment for the learner except one:
A. Knows about the topic/ lesson
B. Understand the purpose and to do well in the lesson
C. Identify ideas or concepts
D. Identify no barriers to learning
___12. The purpose of formative assessment for the teacher.
A. No information about what the learner already knows and can do about the new lesson
B. Share learning intentions and success criteria to the learners
C. Determine misconceptions
D. Identify what hinders learning
___13. The components of summative assessment in the classroom except one:
A. Written work C. Performance task
B. KPUP D. Quarterly assessment
___14. The student reflects on results of assessment, charts his/ her own progress and plans next steps to improve
performance, builds meta cognition as it involves the student in setting and monitoring own learning goals.
A. Assessment of Learning
B. Assessment as Learning
C. Assessment for Learning
D. Nature of Assessment
___15. It determines student’s background knowledge and skills, tracks student’s progress in understanding
A. Nature of Assessment
B. Assessment as Learning
C. Assessment for Learning
D. Assessment of Learning
___16. The level of proficiency wherein the student at this level exceed the core requirements in terms of knowledge,
skills and understanding and can transfer them automatically and flexibly through authentic performance tasks.
A. Advanced C. Approaching Proficiency
B. Proficiency D. Developing
___17. The student at this level possesses the minimum knowledge and skills and core understanding, but need help
throughout the performance of authentic tasks.
A. Advanced C. Approaching Proficiency
B. Proficiency D. Developing
___18. Called for outcomes of mental activity such as memorizing, reading, problem solving, analyzing, synthesizing and
drawing conclusions.
A. Cognitive Domain C. Psychomotor Domain
B. Affective Domain D. Bloom’s Taxonomy
___19. Describes learning objectives that emphasize a feeling tone, an emotion or a degree of acceptance or rejection.
A. Affective Domain C. Cognitive Domain
B. Bloom’s Taxonomy D. Psychomotor Domain
___20. Characterized by the progressive levels of behaviors from observation to mastery of physical skills.
A. Affective Domain C. Cognitive Domain
B. Bloom’s Taxonomy D. Psychomotor Domain
___21. In conducting a parent-teacher conference, which of the following is not true?
A. Be friendly and informal
B. Be a know it all person
C. Be willing to accept suggestions
D. Be careful in giving advice
___22. Which of the following best describes educational assessment?
A. Process of measuring and evaluating learning outcomes
B. Process of comparing objectives with actual results
C. Process of using appropriate measuring device
D. Process of identifying a particular attribute
___23. When is educational assessment considered valid?
A. When it reflects the purpose of assessment
B. When it yields consistent results
C. When it is free from bias
D. When it is objective
___24. How can skills be assessed appropriately?
A. Through Self-Report C. Through Open-Ended Interview
B. Through Direct Observation D. Through Paper and Pencil Test
___25. What type of assessment is best if a teacher wants to assess how creative an individual student is?
A. Norm-Reference Assessment C. Authentic Assessment
B. Group Assessment D. Alternate Assessment
___26. Who among the teachers described below is doing assessment?
A. Mrs. Dela Cruz who is administering a test to her students
B. Mr. Mesina who is counting the scores obtained by the students in his test
C. Ms. Ubna who is computing the final grade of the students after completing all their requirements
D. Prof. Barrera who is planning for a remedial instruction after knowing that students perform poorly in her class.

___27. Mr. Bernales is judging the accuracy of these statements. Which statements will he consider as correct?
I. Test is a tool to measure a trait.
II. Measurement is the process of qualifying a given trait.
III. Assessment is the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data
 IV. Evaluation is the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for decision-making

A. I and II only C. I, II and III

B. III and IV only D. I, III and IV
___28. If I have to use the most authentic method of assessment, which of these procedures should I consider?
A. Traditional test C. Written Test
B. Performance-based Assessment D. Objective Assessment
___29. After doing the exercise on verbs, Ms. Calamcam gave a short quiz to find out how well the students have
understood the lesson. What type of assessment was done?
A. Summative Assessment C. Diagnostic Assessment
B. Formative Assessment D. Placement Assessment

___30. Who among the teachers below performed a diagnostic assessment?

A. Ms. Santos who asked questions when the discussion was going on to know who among her students
understood what she was trying to stress.
B. Mr. Delos Reyes who gave a short quiz after discussing thoroughly the lesson to determine the outcome of the
instruction
C. Ms. Natal who gave a ten-item test to find out the specific lessons which the students failed to understand
D. Mrs. Belarde who administered a readiness test to the incoming grade one pupils.

___31. You are assessing FOR learning. Which of these will you likely do?
A. Giving grades to students
B. Reporting to parents the performance of their child
C. Recommending for new policies in grading students
D. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of students.
___32. Ms. Ubina is planning to do an assessment OF learning. Which of these should she include in her plan considering
her purpose for assessment?
A. How to give immediate feedback to student’s strengths and weaknesses.
B. How to determine the area of interest of learners
C. How to certify student’s achievement
D. How to design one’s Instruction
___33. You targeted that after instruction, your students should be able to show their ability to solve problems with
speed and accuracy. You then designated a tool to measure this ability. What principle of assessment did you consider in
this situation?
A. Assessment should be based on clear and appropriate learning targets or objectives
B. Assessment should have a positive consequence on student’s learning
C. Assessment should be reliable
D. Assessment should be fair
___34. Ms. Borromeo tasked her students to show how to play basketball. What learning targeted is she assessing?
A. Knowledge C. Skills
B. Reasoning D. Products
___35. Mr. Aruello made an essay test for the objective “identify the planets in the solar system”. Was the assessment
method the most appropriate to the given objective? Why?
A. Yes, because essay test is easier to construct than objective test
B. Yes, because essay test can measure any type of objective
C. No, he should have conducted oral questioning
D. No, he should have prepared an objective test
___36. A teacher wants to test students’ knowledge of the different places in the Philippines, their capital and their
products and so she gave her students an essay test. If you are the teacher, will you do the same?
A. No, giving of an objective test is more appropriate than the use of essay.
B. No, such method of assessment is inappropriate because essay is difficult
C. Yes, essay test could measure more than what another test could measure
D. Yes, essay test is the best in measuring any type of knowledge
___37. Which type of validity does the Pre-board Examination possess if its results can explain how the students will
likely perform in their Licensure Examination?
A. Concurrent C. Construct
B. Predictive D. Content
___38. Ms. Zaide wants to determine if the students’ scores in their Final Test is reliable. However, she has only one set
of test and her students are already on vacation. What test of reliability can she employ?
A. Test-Retest C. Equivalent Forms
B. Kuder Richardson Method D. Test-Retest with Equivalent Forms
Refer to this case in answering items 39-40

Two teachers of the same grade level have set the following objectives for the day’s lesson. At the end of the period,
the students should be able to:
A. Construct bar graph;
B. Interpret bar graph;
To assess the attainment of objectives, Teacher A required the students to construct a bar graph for the given set of
data then she asked them to interpret this using a set of questions as a guide. Teacher B presented a bar graph then
asked them to interpret this using also a set of guide questions.

___39. Whose practice is acceptable based on the principles of assessment?

A. Teacher A C. Both Teacher A and B
B. Teacher B D. Neither Teacher A nor B
___40. Which is true about the given case?
A. Objective A matched with performance-based assessment while B can be assessed using the traditional pen-and-
paper objective test
B. Objective A matched with traditional assessment while B can be assessed using a performance-based method
C. Both objective A and B matched with performance-based assessment
D. Both objective A and B matched with traditional assessment.
___41. In the context of the Theory of Multiple Intelligence which is a weakness of the paper-pencil test?
A. It puts non-linguistically intelligent at a disadvantage
B. It is not easy to administer
C. It utilizes so much time
D. It lacks reliability
___42. Mr. Lacson is doing a performance-based assessment for the day’s lesson. Which do you expect to happen in his
classroom?
A. Students are evaluated in one sitting
B. Students do an actual demonstration of their skill
C. Students are evaluated in the most objective manner
D. Students are evaluated based on varied evidenced of learning
___43. Miss Del Rosario rated her students in terms of appropriate and effective use of some laboratory equipment and
measurement tools and if they are able to follow the specified procedures. What mode of assessment should Miss del
Rosario use?
A. Portfolio Assessment C. Traditional Assessment
B. Journal Assessment D. Performance-Based Assessment
___44. Teacher M presented the lesson on baking through a group activity so that the students will not just learn how to
bake but could also develop their interpersonal skills. How should this lesson be assessed?
I. The teacher should give the students an essay test explaining how they baked the cake.
II. The students should be graded on the quality of their baked cake using a rubric.
III. The students in a group should rate the members based on their ability to cooperate in their group activity.
IV. The teacher should observe how the pupils perform their task.
A. I, II and III only C. I, II and IV only
B. II, III and IV only D. I, II, III and IV
___45. If a teacher has set objectives in all domains or learning targets, which could be assessed using a single
performance task, what criterion in selecting a task did she consider?
A. Generalizability C. Multiple Foci
B. Fairness D. Teachability
___46. Which term refers to the collection of students’ products and accomplishments for a period for evaluation
purposes?
A. Diary C. Anecdotal Record
B. Portfolio D. Observation Report
___47. Mrs. Reynes allowed the students to develop their own portfolio in their own style as long as they show all the
non-negotiable evidences of learning. What principle in portfolio assessment explains this practice?
A. Content Principle C. Equity Principle
B. Learning Principle D. Product Principle
___48. Which is logical sequence of the following steps of portfolio assessment?
I. Set targets
II. Select evidences
III. Collect evidences
IV. Rate collection
V. Reflect on evidence
A. I, II, III, IV, V C. I, II, III, V, IV
B. I, III, II, V, IV D. I, III, V, II, IV
___49. Which could be seen in a rubric?
I. Objective in a high level of cognitive behavior
II. Multiple criteria in assessing learning
III. Quantitative description of the quality of work
IV. Qualitative descriptions of the quality of work

A. I and II only C. I, II, and III

B. II, III and IV only D. I, II, III and IV
___50. The pupils are to be judged individually on their mastery of the singing of our national anthem and so their
teacher let them sing individually. What should the teacher use in rating the performance of the pupils considering the
fact that the teacher has only one period to spend in evaluating her 20 pupils?
A. Analytic C. Either holistic or analytic
B. Holistic D. Both holistic and analytic

PREPARED BY: NOTED BY:

RUNZEL B. CABADING, LPT, MAEd DANA B. TEBIA, Ed.D