An Overview of the

Test of English Proficiency for Teachers

(TEPT) and Process Skills Test (PST) in
Science and Mathematics
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TEPT-PST Overview
Why are the TEPT and PST being
administered?

The test findings will be used as baseline
data in preparation for the implementation
of the K to 12 program.
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TEPT-PST Overview
Will the test results affect the
performance of the teachers?

No.
The findings will be used as basis for the
training of teachers.


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TEPT-PST Overview
What competencies are measured in
the TEPT?

Structure
Written Expression
Reading Comprehension
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TEPT-PST Overview
What competencies are measured in
the PST?

Process skills which include observing;
classifying; inferring; predicting;
measuring/quantifying; communicating;
interpreting data; analyzing data;
evaluating; experimenting; making
conclusions; making models; and
defining operationally.
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Guidelines on the
Administration of the
TEPT and PST
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Preliminary Concerns
1. As stipulated in DepED Memorandum No. 228, s.
2012, the Test of English Proficiency for Teachers
(TEPT) and Process Skills Test (PST) in Science
and Mathematics will be administered to all Grade
III and Grade IV public school teachers w/
permanent items.

2. The Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) shall
choose a Testing Center that can accommodate all
the examinees, preferably near the Division Office.

3. The examination shall be conducted in two
sessions on a Sunday. The total number of
teacher-examinees will be divided into 2. First
half of them shall take the test in the morning
and second half in the afternoon for three (3)
hours per session. No snacks break.

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4. The list of examinees shall be prepared in each
division with 30 examinees per room,
alphabetically arranged regardless of
gender and grade level taught. Only the
teachers with permanent items shall be
included in the list. This list shall be posted at
the door in every Examination Room prior to
test administration.

5. Each examinee should bring pencils with lead
no. 2, clean sheet of paper and a sharpener;
and must know the School ID of his/her
respective school.

6. An authorized NETRC Representative shall be
assigned to monitor the administration of the
test in a designated division. He/she will
conduct an orientation in the Division Office a
day before the examination (Saturday)
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7. The orientation shall be attended by the
following: Division Testing Coordinator,
who will serve as the Chief Examiner;
and the Division Supervisors and
School Principals who will serve as
Room Examiners.

8. During the orientation, the discussant
will be using the Examiners
Handbooks (EHs) with the testing staff
but these will be collected right after the
orientation and to be packed in each
ETRE to make sure that the EH will be
available during the test administration.




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9. The Regional Testing Coordinator (RTC)
will monitor the conduct of the test where
the Regional Office is located.

10. For divisions with 600 examinees and
above, there will be a Room Supervisor
(RS). For every 10 rooms, a Room
Supervisor is assigned. The RS will count
every TB of each pack retrieved from each
Room Examiner before the Chief Examiner
does the final counting.




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3. Since the ETREs are surplus from the past
administration, label each ETRE using a
pilot pen with the following data:

Rm. No. ___ Testing Center: ______
Division:____Testing Program: TEPT-PST

4. The ETRE to be given to each Room
Examiner shall contain the following:
Examiners Handbook and Forms 1 and 2.


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The Test Materials (TMs)
5. A pack of 30 TBs and another pack of
30 AS will be entrusted to every Rm
Examiner.

6. The CETRE shall contain Forms 3 & 4.
In case of Form 4 was not packed inside
the ETRE, the Chief Examiner shall
provide a narrative report.
Test Proper
During the test proper, the Room Examiner should:

a. Closely supervise the shading of the bubble in the AS,
place values of the bubble in each variable found in the
front side of scannable answer sheet .
b. Refrain from reading TBs. There is a corresponding
sanction to this violation as stipulated in DECS Order
No. 85, s. 1999.
c. Accomplish Form 1.
d. Strictly adhere to the contents of the Examiners
Handbook.
e. Keep custody of the unused TBs while the test is in
progress.
f. Seal the ETRE while still inside the examination room.
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Retrieval Phase:
1. After 3 hours, the Chief Examiner must
collect the Testbooklets, sealed ETRE and
unused Answer Sheets after the test.
2. Each ETRE to be retrieved should include
the following:
a. List of examinees per room prepared
by the DTC.
b. Used scannable Answer Sheets placed
in the original plastic bags.
c. Forms 1 and 2.
d. Time Record copied from boardwork.
3. Each CETRE should contain the Forms 3
and 4; and the unused Answer Sheets.


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Retrieval Phase:
4. In the retrieval phase, the following must be observed:

a. The form 3s should be accomplished.
b. TBs must be accounted for and packed in the
original plastic bags and double checked by the
NETRC staff and the Room Supervisors.
Likewise, the TMs must be packed in the original
boxes.
c. All ETREs must be accounted for and arranged
consecutively from Room No. 1 up to the last.
d. The Examiners Handbook must be packed
separately from the TMs.
e. Observations/notes of the NETRC staff should be
submitted to Dely Servo to be used as inputs in
improving the test administration procedure.

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The Boxes of Test Materials will be
delivered thru LBC/JRS 2GO, etc. to
Division Offices and will be sent
back thru LBC/JRS, 2GO, etc. to:

DepEd-NETRC, 2F Mabini Bldg.,
DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue,
PASIG CITY, 1600

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REMINDERS
Reminders:
Arrangement of G3 and G4 Teacher-
Examinees
Alphabetically arranged regardless of grade level and gender
Example: A to J : AM Session
K to Z : PM Session

TB allocation will be 50% only of the total
number of examinees in the Division
To be used twice; AM and PM sessions
Answer Sheet allocation will be 100%
Reminders:
The same set of Room Examiners will
serve in the AM and PM sessions
Teachers who handle at least one
subject in G3 and/or G4 must take the
test
Delivery and retrieval of TMs will through
courier
NETRC staff = random divisions
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