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Guides for Filipino Teachers

MATATAG grading, lesson planning, test construction, and the practical classroom workflows behind them — written for teachers, by the Skoolari team.

Oct 9, 2026

Formative vs Summative Assessment Under DO 15, s. 2026: What Counts and What Doesn’t

Which assessments count toward the grade this school year, which do not, examples of each, and the grey areas teachers ask about most.
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Oct 9, 2026

How to Construct a Test: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers

Ten steps from a blank page to a fair, reliable test: purpose, blueprint, item types, writing, review, assembly, answer key, try-out, scoring, and analysis.
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Oct 9, 2026

How to Compute MPS (Mean Percentage Score): Formula, Examples, and Interpretation

The mean percentage score in plain steps: the formula, a class example, the right way to combine sections, item and competency MPS, and what to do…
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Oct 9, 2026

Table of Specifications Generator: Build Your TOS Automatically from Your Test

Stop counting items by hand. What a TOS generator does, the two ways it can work, what it must get right, and a five-minute check before…
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Oct 9, 2026

Periodical Test with Answer Key and TOS: How to Make One for the Term Examination

The complete set for the term examination: a test paper, an answer key you can trust, and a table of specifications that actually matches the paper,…
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Sep 23, 2026

The AI Use Declaration in Your Lesson Plan: What to Write

One sentence: which tool, for what part, and what you did with it. Wording you can adapt - and the professional responsibility the declaration does not…
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Sep 23, 2026

Grade 1 Reporting: The PACE Form and the Learner’s Progress Report

Grade 1 does not get a number. What descriptive reporting asks you to observe, how to collect it through the term, and how to write comments…
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Sep 23, 2026

Promotion, Retention, and the Summer Remedial Class Under DO 15

Fail one or two learning areas and the Recomputed Final Grade decides it. Fail more than two and the learner is retained. Remediation is supposed to…
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Sep 23, 2026

Awards and Recognition Under DepEd Order No. 15, s. 2026

No ranking, no first or second honors, alphabetical lists - and a general average of 90 is not enough on its own. What an adviser prepares…
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Sep 23, 2026

Grade 12 Grading This Year: Older Weights, Three Terms

Only the component weights stayed old. Grade 12 moved to three terms with ST1, ST2 and a term examination at 30/30/40, and the adjusted transmutation table.
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