The development of an English achievement test for grade 1

• Main Author: Bautista, Eleonor V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Achievement tests; Examinations > Interpretation; Educational tests and measurements; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2357
• Institution: De La Salle University

This project paper aims to construct a test that would be able to measure the achievement of Grade 1 pupils in English and Mathematics. The main objective of the test under development is to measure achievement in Grade 1 English. It purports to measure knowledge, comprehension in listening and reading, auditory discrimination skills in content areas based on the Minimum Learning Competencies required by the Grade 1 curriculum. The achievement test will be a measure not only of the pupils mastery but also of the effectivity of the instructional program. Before the test items were constructed, a Table of Specifications based on the Minimum Learning Competencies in English for Grade 1, was prepared. The test is confined to multiple choice items. After deciding on what content areas to touch, the number of items per content area and the specific behavioral skill to be measured was established. Test items were gathered through a number of grade 1 activity books and reading materials in English. Some items were lifted directly from the books, others were revised to fit a multiple choiced item, and the others were originally constructed. Two test forms were constructed. The test was administered to 4 grade II classes in November 1994 at the Espiritu Santo Parochial School. Grade II subjects were chosen for the study since the test under construction is a year end achievement test. The English test, was administered also Grade 1 pupils of the University of Baguio for comparison. The CEM Program of Item Analyses was used to obtain the data on Difficulty Index, Biserial R, Option Analysis and Discrimination Index. Based on the findings, the following conclusions have been arrived at: 1) Majority of the pretest items met the criteria for test acceptability. 2) Selected test items for the final form of the tests met the content and test objectives of the Table of Specification. 3) Acceptable items in the pretesting which were not included in the final form can be used in future test writing.