Last August 15, Gian Patrik Renejane and Johanna Pauline Lamzon, both Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Teaching Chinese Language,attended a seminar on “The K-12 Assessment Framework (1-Day Pre-service Training)” which was held at The Pearl Hotel in Ermita.

Dr. Carlo Magno, President of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association, was the resource speaker. To determine the participants’ prior knowledge on assessment, he started the said seminar by administering a diagnostic test in the form of a short essay. A question-and-answer type of discussion concerning assessment and evaluation, and correcting some common misconceptions thereof ensued.

Relevant topics, such as the Seven Principles of Assessment, Learning Competencies, Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development, and Types of Assessment were also tackled. In the afternoon, a workshop was conducted in which all schools were asked to formulate ten exam questions that should be aligned with the given learning competencies, and to present it onstage to be critiqued and assessed by Dr. Magno. The seminar ended with volunteer students’ sharing their insights about the morning’s discussion, and the distribution of certificates of participation.