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What is Educational Standards Based Assessment (ESBA)?
The Educational Standards Based Assessment is a battery of tests that focus
on accepted STANDARDS for each level from Grade 1 to High School on National
Norms and International Standards. It covers four Core Subject Areas:
- MATH
- SCIENCE
- ENGLISH
- LANGUAGE ARTS
- SOCIAL STUDIES
What are the features of ESBA?
- Performance/Competencies Standards Based
- Clear and simple directions
- Measured against National Norms and International Standards
- Retention, Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Problem Solving
and Application Model used in Test Items
- Computerized Scoring
- ESBA Interpretation designed for Individual Students, Parents, Teachers and Schools
- School Self-Assessment benchmarked Nationally and Internationally
- Quality Assessment (instructional and Technical)
What are the benefits of using ESBA?
- ESBA provides an objective and relevant feedback to the school in terms of
its quality and effectiveness of instruction measured against national norms
and international standards.
- ESBA identifies the areas of strengths and the developmental areas of the
institution's curriculum.
- ESBA pinpoints competencies of students and learning gaps which serve as
basis for learning reinforcement or remediation.
- ESBA provides good feedback to the student on how well he has learned and
his readiness to move to a higher educational level.
Who has the most to gain for the use of ESBA?
- Students will have individual profiles of their competencies and learning
gaps
- Parents can guide their children, provide opportunities to address
learning gaps and reinforce strengths and competencies of their children.
- Schools that desire to continuously upgrade the quality of its curriculum
and instructional effectiveness
- Cluster of schools, districts, countries that aspire to deliver quality
education, benchmark with local and international standards and continuously
strive for excellence.
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