Principles of High

Quality Assessment

Clarity of Learning Targets

Assessment can be made precise,
accurate and dependable only if what
are to be achieved are clearly stated
and feasible.
The learning targets involving
knowledge, reasoning skills, products
and effects, need to be stated in
behavioral terms which denote
something which can be observed

Benjamin Blooms educational

objectives at the cognitive level
(KCAASE)

KNOWLEDGE
COMPREHENSIO
N
APPLICATION
ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS

Mental Exercise
Classify the cognitive
objectives in terms of Blooms
Taxonomy

1. To identify the parts of a flowe

2. To enumerate the
characteristics of a good
test.

3. To determine the function

of a predicate in a
sentence.

4. To summarize the salient

features of a good essay.

5. To use the concept of ratio

and proportion in finding
the
height of a
building.

6. To name the past

Presidents of the
Philippines.

7. To determine the
sufficiency of information
given to
solve a problem.

8. To identify the resulting

product of a chemical
reaction.

9. To select a course of action

to be taken in the light of
possible consequences.

10. To enumerate the

parts of a cell.

Answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Knowledge
Analysis
Comprehension
Synthesis
Application
knowledge
Analysis
Comprehension
Synthesis
Analysis

Benjamin Blooms educational objectives at the cognitive level

(KCAASE)

Knowledge- acquisition of facts, concepts

and theories.
Comprehension- understanding involves
cognition awareness of the
interrelationships of facts and
concepts.
Application- refers to the transfer of
knowledge from one field of
study to another or from one
concept to another concept in
the same discipline.

Analysis- refers to the breaking down of

a concept or idea into its
components and explaining the
concept as a composition of
these concepts.
Synthesis- opposite of analysis and entails
putting together the components
in order to summarize the
concept.
Evaluation- valuing and judgment or
putting the worth of a
concept or principle .

Revised Blooms Taxonomy of

educational objectives
(RUAAEC)
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating

Skills, Competencies
and Abilities Targets

Skills-specific activities or tasks

that a student can
proficiently do.
Competencies- cluster of skills
Abilities- made up of relate competencies categorized as:
i. Cognitive
ii. Affective
iii. Psychomotor

Products, Outputs and

Project Targets
Tangible and concrete evidence of a
students ability
Need to clearly specify the level of
workmanship of projects
i. Expert
ii. Skilled or novice

Advance Merry
Christmas and Happy
New Year
Future Licensed
Teachers!
TO GOD
BE ALL THE
GLORY!
Thank you!