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Status and Challenges of the Implementation of the Performance-Based Assessment on Specialized Subjects of the Universidad de Zamboanga Senior High School: Basis for Enhanced Curriculum Mapping

Jo-Anne Bernardo

 

Abstract:

The study aimed to determine the challenges faced by the Universidad de Zamboanga- Senior High School students and teachers in the implementation of the Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) in terms of teacher’s understanding of the Performance-Based Assessment, training, instructions, instructional content and competence, and the student's accessibility to resources, their attitude on collaboration and readiness. Further, this study also sought to find out if there is a significant difference between the levels of performance on the implementation of Performance-Based Assessment of the teachers in terms of the teacher's profile. Moreover, this study also sought to find out ifthere is a significant difference between the level of performance of the Performance-Based Assessment of the teachers and the students. More importantly, this study sought to find out the challenges experienced by the students and the teachers in the implementation of the Performance-Based Assessment. The student respondents of the study are Senior High School Students of the Universidad de Zamboanga for the second semester of the school year 2018-2019. Sampling is a mixed method, of which Slovin’s formula was used to determine the respondents for strands with a higher number of enrollees. However, the study used quota sampling for the strands with immersion programs. The students rated their attitude on collaboration, access to resources, and readiness as "sometimes”. There is no significant difference in their level of performance in terms of age and sex but displayed a significant difference when grouped according to grade level. The Zamboangueño had the highest level of performance followed by the Tagalog, Tausug, Samal, Visayan followed by the Maranaos.