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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.

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2. The
What is the purpose of the NAT?
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:

1. 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.

2. identify and analyze variations on achievement levels

across the years by
region, division, school and other variables

3 3.determine the rate of improvement in basic education with

respect to
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3. 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 4 - 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 1. Science 1. Science 1. Science
Coverage 2. 2. 2. Mathematics
Mathematic Mathemati
s cs
3. English 3. English 3. English
4. Filipino 4. Filipino 4. Filipino
5. HeKaSi 5. Araling
Panlipunan
Critical Thinking
Skills (20 items)
Number of Items 15- Sci, Math 40 60
Per Subject 30-Eng, Fil (Except for Math,
50)
Total Number of 90 items 200 310
Items
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5. How is the NAT Planning the Test

developed? Developing the Table of

Specifications

Item Writing

Test Assembly and Review of Test

Items
Test
Development Pilot Testing or Try Out of the Test
(at least 2 forms of the final test)
Process
Item Analysis

No Item Validity /
Reject Reliability
s
Usef
ul Yes

Organize final form of the test

Norming

6 Preparation of the Test Manual /

Examiners Handbook
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6. AWhat
multiple-choice test
features characterize the NAT?
A sampling of competencies intended for the
whole year
coverage
A standardized test with mostly moderately
difficult items
Anchored on Blooms 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
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percent of
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7. 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
8 basic education (pursuant to DepED Order No. 5, s. 2005).
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8. Whatscores
Raw information is by
obtained derived from thefive
an examinee NATsubjects
areCertificate of Rating (NAT-COR)?
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
10 in every
skill measured in the test.
 Facsimile of the COR for NAT-G6

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School Certificate of 12

Rating (COR)
Division Office Certificate 13

of Rating (COR)
Regional Office Certificate 14

of Rating (COR)
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9. 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
15 0-25% Poor
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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.
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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
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the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum;
www.deped.gov.ph)
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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.

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