Test Administration Guidelines

TEST ADMINISTRATION
GUIDELINES
1. Exit Assessments
2. Early Language Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
3. Accreditation and Equivalency Test
EXIT ASSESSMENTS
National Achievement Test for Grade 6, Grade 10 and
Grade 12 (NATG6, NATG10 and NATG12)
MODE OF ADMINISTRATION
Grade 6 & 10
Stratified random sampling procedure shall be used,
representing all types of schools in the district, division and
region. All regions, divisions and districts shall be given the
test but schools shall be sampled. All examinees in the school
to be sampled shall take the test.
Grade 12
Stratified random sampling procedure shall be used to
represent all types of schools in the district, division and region.
Fifty percent of the schools per track (public and private) shall
be included in the sample. If there is only one school offering a
track in a region, the school shall be automatically included in
the test administration.
Schedule of Administration
Grade 6 and 10
The test shall be administered to Grades 7 and 11
learners three weeks after the first day of classes.
Grade 12
The test shall be administered on the third week of the
second semester.
Number of Examinees per Testing Room
Examinees must be alphabetically arranged in the
whole school regardless of gender. There shall be a
maximum of 30 examinees per testing room who
should be seated in alphabetic order. Each listed
examinee should have a Learner Reference Number
(LRN).
Early Language Literacy and
Numeracy Assessment (ELLNA)
Mode of Administration
Stratified random sampling procedure shall be used
representing all types of schools and all mother tongue
languages in the division and region. All regions and
divisions shall be given the test but schools shall be
sampled. All examinees in the school to be sampled shall
take the test.
The test shall be administered to Grade 4 learners three
weeks after the first day of classes
Number of examinees per Testing Room
Examinees in a school must be alphabetically arrange
regardless of gender. There shall be a maximum of 30
examinees per testing room who should be seated in
alphabetical order. Each listed examinee should have a
Learner Reference Number (LRN).
ACCREDITATION AND EQUIVALENCY
TEST (A&E)
Mode of Administration
The A&E is a paper-and-pencil test.
Additional/equivalent alternative assessments may also
be administered.
Field Office Administration. The test shall be administered
yearly by BEA every first Sunday of October for the Luzon
cluster, and every second Sunday of October for the
Visayas and Mindanao clusters at designated testing
centers in Schools Division Offices.
Walk-in Administration. The test shall also be administered
at BEA to accommodate walk-in clients. They shall be
accommodated immediately after the test administration at
field offices in October.
Number of Examinees per Testing Room
There shall be 30 examinees per testing room.

Testing Center Requirements
Listed below are the testing center requirements:
1. There must be a distribution room for the test materials to
ensure the security and confidentiality of the test. It must be
accessible to all testing rooms to facilitate the release and retrieval
of test materials.
2. There must be enough testing rooms to accommodate the
examinees.
3. The testing rooms must be well-ventilated and well-lighted, and
free from any kind of noise that may distract the examinees while
taking the test.
4. The List of Actual Examinees should be posted in each testing
room the day before the exam. The list should be in alphabetical
order, regardless of gender.
5. The first and last rows of seats should be close to the classroom
walls to ensure enough spacing in between rows.
6. Seats of absentees should be left vacant.
7. There must be a comfort room accessible to the examinees and
testing personnel in the area.
8. Instructional materials/aids posted on the classroom walls
should be covered.
9. Each testing room should have the following materials:
 Test materials enough for all examinees in the room in sealed
 boxes/packs
 Table and chair for the Room Examiner
 Enough seats for the examinees
 Name grid
 Board work
 Pencils
 Extra sheet of paper for computation
10.Other requirements are stated in detail in the Examiner’s Handbook, which will be
released during the National Conference/Consultative Workshop to be scheduled by
BEA.
11.Test accommodations for learners with special needs must be provided

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