Basic Education Exit Assessment (BEEA) Result of a Senior High School in a Private Catholic University: Basis for the Intervention Program

Abstract

The K-12 program in the Philippines was implemented year 2016 both public and private schools based on its policy. Based on Manila Bulletin (August 26, 2019) Briones said that DepEd issued these policy guidelines “to unify the understanding of the K to 12 and to improve the implementation of each component, project, and activity under it. Further, Basic Education Exit Assessment (BEEA) provides information to improve instructional practices; assess or evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery using learning outcomes as indicator and provide empirical information as bases for curriculum learning delivery assessment and policy reviews and policy formation. The purpose of this study was to find out the implications of BEEA result to senior high school. The researcher used descriptive design of research using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The researcher did a tracer study of the Senior High School graduates of batch 2019 with 282 subject of the study enrolled in college. The documentary analysis was utilized in determining the exit assessment result of 1,385 exam takers in senior high school on the document retrieved focusing on the measured skills namely, problem solving, information literacy and critical thinking. The study was to find out the problems or challenges encountered in their efforts to facilitate and assess the aforementioned 21st century skills. The result of the assessment of the three 21^st century skills namely, problem solving skills, information literacy skills, and critical thinking skills among students shows low proficiency especially not only in Math and Science but also in most of the subjects. It is for this reason the researcher developed an intervention program through utilizing the   Basic Education Exit Assessment results of Senior High School to improve the quality of teaching-learning process towards academic excellence.