DepEd sets NAT  on June 27

CEBU, Philippines —  The Department of Education (DeEd) will administer the National Achievement Test for Grade 10 (NATG10) for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 on June 27, 2023.

The NATG10 will be administered to sampled Grade 10 learners in all regional offices (ROs), schools division offices (SDOs), and schools offering the Grade 10 curriculum in public and private schools through a paper-based modality.

NATG10 is one of the exit assessments under the national assessment framework of the K to 12 Basic Education Program. It is designed to determine if Grade 10 learners are meeting the learning standards of the Junior High School (JHS).

DepEd Memorandum No. 034 series of 2023 states that the said test is in pursuant to Deped Order DO No. 55, s. 2016 entitled Policy Guidelines on the National Assessment of Student Learning for the K to 12 Basic Education Program and DO 34 s. 2022 entitled School Calendar and Activities for the SY 2022-2023.

In reference to DO 29, s. 2022 titled Adoption of the Basic Education Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, DepEd has to identify and articulate performance indicators and outcomes for measuring performance in the development of plans and policies.

These indicators and outcomes, it said, will be used for the assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the delivery of education services.

The results of system assessments will serve as evidence for the improvement of the curriculum implementation.

DepEd added that the test shall cover 21st Century Skills (Problem Solving, Information Literacy, and Critical Thinking) using learning areas in English, Mathematics, Science, Filipino, and Araling Panlipunan as content.

The test design, it added is progressive in nature wherein test items measure varying levels of skills in a multiple-choice format using English and Filipino language.

The Bureau of Education Assessment (BEA) will manage the national implementation of the NATG10 with the assistance of the ROs and SDOs. BEA will coordinate with the identified field-testing personnel for the conduct of the national conference and administration of the NATG10.