1. Dr. Nelia V. Benito, CESO IV Director III DepED-NETRC
2014 NAT Overview
Dr. Nelia V. Benito, CESO IV
Director III
DepED-NETRC

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1. What is the NAT?
The National Achievement Test (NAT) is a Philippine-made standardized test designed to determine pupils/students’ achievement level, strengths and weaknesses in five key curricular subject areas at the end of the school year.

3. 2. What is the purpose of the NAT?3
2. What is the purpose of the NAT?
The NAT was developed to measure what pupils/students in Grade Three, Grade Six and Fourth Year know and can do in five subject areas: Science, Mathematics, English, Filipino, and HeKaSi (Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika) in elementary and Araling Panlipunan in secondary level.
Specifically, the test aims to:
provide empirical information on the achievement level of pupils/students
to serve as guide for policy makers, administrators, curriculum planners, supervisors, principals and teachers in their respective courses of action.
identify and analyze variations on achievement levels across the years by
region, division, school and other variables
determine the rate of improvement in basic education with respect to
individual schools within certain time frames.

4. Grade 3 - public schools (census) - Madrasah schools 4
Who are the target clienteles of the
NAT in 2014?
Grade 3 - public schools (census)
- Madrasah schools
Grade 6 - public and private schools (census)
Year public and private schools (census)

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4. What is the coverage of the NAT and how many test items does it comprise?
TEST
NAT G3
NAT G6
NAT Y4
Subject Area Coverage
1. Science
Science
2. Mathematics
3. English
4. Filipino
5. HeKaSi
5. Araling Panlipunan
Critical Thinking Skills (20 items)
Number of Items Per Subject
15- Sci, Math
30-Eng, Fil 40 60
(Except for Math, 50)
Total Number of Items
90 items
200
310

6. Test Development Process
Planning the Test
Developing the Table of Specifications
Item Writing
Test Assembly and Review of Test Items
Pilot Testing or Try Out of the Test
(at least 2 forms of the final test)
Item Analysis
Items Useful
Validity / Reliability
Organize final form of the test
Norming
Preparation of the Test Manual / Examiner’s Handbook
Yes No
Reject
How is the NAT
developed?
Test Development Process 6

7. 6. What features characterize the NAT?7
6. What features characterize the NAT?
A multiple-choice test
A sampling of competencies intended for the whole year
coverage
A standardized test with mostly moderately difficult items
Anchored on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives /
Dimensions
High-Ordered Thinking Skills (HOTS)
The performance of an examinee is compared to the
performance of a national populace.
The rating is expressed in percentage score or percent of
correct responses.

8. What is the rationale of DepEd in administering the 8
What is the rationale of DepEd in administering the
NAT in Grade Three, Grade Six and Fourth Year?
The NAT is a system-based assessment specifically designed to gauge learning outcomes across target levels in identified periods of basic education.
NAT-Grade Three
- Pursuant to Every Child a Reader Program (ECARP), it serves as mid-assessment of elementary education.
NAT-Grade Six
It serves as terminal exit assessment of elementary education and as measurement of incoming first year students’ readiness for high school (pursuant to DepED Order No. 5, s. 2005).
NAT-Fourth Year
- It serves as exit assessment of the secondary level of basic education (pursuant to DepED Order No. 5, s. 2005).

10. 8. What information is derived from the NAT 10
8. What information is derived from the NAT
Certificate of Rating (NAT-COR)?
Raw scores obtained by an examinee five subjects are
reported in a table alongside with the percentage scores.
Total test scores for raw and percentage scores are revealed
at the bottom part of the table.
A quartile distribution of the obtained of mean percentage
scores is provided to guide end-users in interpreting test
results.
Percentage of Correct Responses (PCR) per learning
competency by subject area is likewise presented to have a
glimpse on the performance of the pupil/student in every
skill measured in the test.

11. Facsimile of the COR for NAT-G6

12. School Certificate of Rating (COR)12
School Certificate of Rating (COR)

13. Division Office Certificate of Rating (COR)13
Division Office Certificate of Rating (COR)

14. Regional Office Certificate of Rating (COR)14
Regional Office Certificate of Rating (COR)

15. How are the NAT scores reported and interpreted to each examinee?15
How are the NAT scores reported and
interpreted to each examinee?
The NAT results are interpreted in quartile distribution of Mean Percentage Scores (MPS) to indicate the percentage of correctly answered items in a test or subject area proficiencies. It is also used in classifying test performances of schools, divisions, regions and the total country.
For example: Performance of School X
School X has overall Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of 52%. It is classified as upper average in school performance.
School X has MPS of 80% in English. It has superior performance in English.
Quartile Distribution
Descriptive Equivalent
76-100%
Superior
51-75%
Upper Average
26-50%
Lower Average
0-25%
Poor

16. 10. How is the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) interpreted?16
10. How is the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) interpreted?
The MPS indicates the ratio between the number of correctly answered items and the total number of test questions or the percentage of correctly answered items in a test.
For instance, a 50 MPS in one subject area would mean that an examinee correctly answered 20 out of 40 test items (NAT-Grade 6).
On the other hand, a 60 MPS for a total score means that an examinee correctly answered 6 out of 10 questions in the test.

17. 11. Is there a passing score in the NAT?17
11. Is there a passing score in the NAT?
None.
It uses the MPS to indicate the percentage of correctly answered items in a test.
The computation of grades in school, however, is done very differently from the NAT.
(Refer to DepED Order No. 73, s. 2012, “Guidelines on the Assessment and Rating of Learning Outcomes under the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum;

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19. 12. Does an MPS below 75 mean that the examinees failed the test?19
12. Does an MPS below 75 mean that the
examinees failed the test?
No.
An MPS below 75 would mean that the examinees’ test performance does not belong to the upper average of the total number of test-takers.
The standard criterion set by the Department in terms of achievement level is 75% which is the national target.

20. Test Results Dissemination
A useful, effective and cost-efficient technological avenue of disseminating data to DepED agencies, field personnel, end-users and the public
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