GRADING SYSTEM OF K-12 PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Kindergarten and 12 years of quality basic education is a right of every Filipinos, therefore these should be provided by the government for free in public schools. those who go through the 12 – years program will get an elementary diploma (6 years), a Junior High School diploma (4 years), and a Senior High School diploma (2 years).
ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF LEARNING OUTCOMES
The assessment process is holistic, with emphasis on the formative or development purpose of quality assuring student learning. it is also standards-based as it seeks to ensure that teachers will teach to the standards and students will aim to meet or even to exceed the standards.
The students’ attainment of standards in terms of content and performances therefore, a critical evidence of learning. The assessment shall be done at four levels and shall be weighted as follows:
The numerical values are as follows:
What shall appear in the report card is not the numerical value, but the equivalent level of proficiency, abbreviated as follows: B for beginning; D for Developing; AP for Approaching Proficiency; A for Advanced
