EPISODE 9

The Teacher as an Effective Administrator

Name: Lovely Mae Puebla/ Preciana B. Respecia Date:

Year and Section: BTLED H.E 3a Score:

Introduction:

This episode should guide you in picking up those good practices that assist learners
in taking tests properly. If tests are not administered well, the information expected to be
derived from the testing process for improving teaching and learning may not materialize. Be
sensitive to what the teachers do.

Objective:

Draw lessons from good test administration practices.

Learning Activities:

Activity 1: Class Observation (Utilize the video on constructivism for this activity)

You will be provided with video recordings of a teacher doing an instruction, all you
need to do is record the practices prior to, during, and after giving a test. Use the format
below in writing your observations.

A. Prior to Testing
1. Actual instructions given by the teacher to the class: (Be specific as possible in
writing chronologically what the teacher says).
Engagement: the teacher show or present a visual presentation of the two movies
(Harry Potter and Finding Nemo) and ask the student to think first what are the things
in common of the two movies. And after that teacher told the students to share their
ideas of thinking to a partner.
2. Other activities done by the teacher:
 Group Collaboration Activity
 Think-Pair-Share Activity
3. What is the overall purpose of the teacher in this part of the lesson?
The overall purpose of the teacher is to connect the topic with a prior understanding of the
lesson. By engaging the students is a group collaboration, exploring the prior learning of
the students, through explaining and sharing to the teacher and to the co-students. And
elaborating the prior learning they gain through evaluation process giving a set of
evaluation activity.

B. Testing Proper

1. How was the test administered? Check all those that apply.
Entire test written on the board.
 Entire test orally given by the teacher.
 Some parts of test are written; some parts dictated
 Learners received copies of the printed test where they wrote their
answers.
 Learners used answer sheets.
Test directions were not given by the teacher. Instructions read by the
learners silently.
 Some pupils called to read the instructions.
Instructions were given by part.
 Examples were given on how to do each part.
Others: ___________________
2. What did the teacher do while students were taking the test? Check all those that
apply.
 Teacher went around the room to supervise learners.
Teachers stayed only in one place while testing was going on.
Teacher left the room while learners work on test.
 Teacher answered clarificatory questions of learners.
Teacher did not entertain any questions of learners.
Others: ________________________
3. How did the learners behave during the testing question?
 Learners started all at the same time.
Many learners were doing other things than attending to the test.
 Many learners asked seatmates what they would be doing.
Some learners showed signs of cheating/ copying.
 Most of the learners appeared to have understood the test discussions.
Many learners appeared confused and did not know what to do.
Other: _________________

C. After Testing Session

Observe closely how testing is ended.

How did the teacher finish the testing session? Check all that apply.
 Teacher asked class to stop working at the same time.
Teacher still allowed learners to continue working even after the time
was up.
 Teacher had a systematic way of collecting the test papers.
Learners submitted their test papers in any way and at any time they
wanted.
Others: ___________________________

Activity 2: Inferring the Benefits of Administering Test Properly

You have observed in the video how the teacher administered the test from beginning
to end. In the table below, write some testing practices you have observed which you
consider effective.

Teacher Testing Practices Effect on Students’ Behavior

Sharing Idea’s
Group Discussion Collaboration

Productive
Graphic Organizer activity presenting of Idealistic
short story
Video explanation presentation Cooperate
 Actively Participate

Actively Participate and Answering the

Questioning question
Attentive and Listen
Oral questioning Actively Participate
Instigating study activity

1. Why is it important to administer a test properly? Consider the purpose of assessment.

a. For the learners
It is important to administer a test properly for the learners to test the part of their
learning and lets students “show what they know” and what they can do.
Administering test properly help to reduce measurement of error and to increase
the likelihood of fair, valid, and reliable assessment.
b. For the teacher
The importance also of administering a test properly for the teacher is that,
administering of tests helps the teacher predict the performance of pupils in the
future. By giving a test to the students, the teacher will be able to know if the
pupil will pass the final examination or not. And once it is done , the teachers will
be able also to plan properly to meet the needs of various types of students.
Because the purpose of administering a test properly is to assess student learning.

2. What consequences may result if tests are not administered properly?

If the test are not administered properly their will be a measurement of error, the
test will not be fair and not valid and the reliable of assessment will not be good.

Activity 3: Essay

Based on what you have observed and learned in this episode, write down some
standards for future teachers to follow when administering a test.

Standards for Administering a Test

As a future teacher, we need to understand the importance of setting standard to administer

test for the students. First things first, give them the pointers or the coverage of the exam so
that the students will be able to study for them to gain scores. Teacher should also check the
environment if it's clean or not because it can distract the focus of the students, it must be
peace and clean. Before the tests begins, you must give them instruction like students are not
allowed to borrow pencil from seatmate, when the exam/test begin no one is allowed to
outside so you to pee before it begins, the only thing that is visible on the table is pen/pencil
or whatever they are comfortable to use, no other things. Let them know that cheaters never
wins so that they won't cheat, and if they're caught there will be consequences. Last thing a
teacher can do is to monitor your students, look after so that they will not talk to their
seatmate and focus to the test for the better outcome.
ASSESSMENT:

Criterion: Relevance of Lesson Learned

Rubric

Score Description
91-100 Lesson drawn from the test administration practices are all very relevant to
purpose of assessment.
81-90 Lesson drawn from observed test administration practices are for the most
part relevant.
71-80 Only few lessons drawn were relevant to good testing practices observed.
61-70 Lesson drawn were not related to the good test administration practices
observed.
51-69 No lessons were drawn at all from the observation made.