Academic Policies
Adaptation of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum
BAST adapts the K to 12 Basic Education Program that uses a standards and competency – based grading system. These are found in the curriculum guides. All grades will be based on the weighted score of the learners’ summative assessments. The minimum grade needed to pass a specific learning area is 60, which is transmuted to 75 in the report card. The lowest mark that can appear in the report card is 60 for Quarterly Grades and Final Grades.
Learners from Grades 1 to 12 are graded in Written Work, Performance Tasks and Quarterly Assessment every quarter. These three are given specific percentage weights that vary according to the nature of the learning area.
How is Learner Progress recorded and computed?
For Kindergarten
Checklists and anecdotal records are used instead of numerical grades. These are based on learning standards found in the Kindergarten curriculum guide. The teacher will keep a portfolio, which is a record or compilation of the learner’s output, such as writing samples, accomplished activity sheets, and artwork. The portfolio can provide concrete evidence of how much how well the learner is able to accomplish the skills and competencies. Through checklists, the teacher will be able to indicate whether or not the child is able to demonstrate knowledge and /or perform the tasks expected of Kindergarten learners. Through anecdotal records or narrative reports, teachers will be able to describe learner’s behavior, attitude, and effort in school work. These are presented to the parents at the end of each quarter for discussion.
For Grades 1-12
In a grading period, there is one Quarterly Assessment but there should be instances for students to produce Written Work and to demonstrate what they know and can do through Performance Tasks. There is no required number of Written Work and Performance Tasks, but these must be spread out over the quarter and used to assess learner’s skills after each unit has been taught.