Republic of the Philippines Department of Education OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR CURRICULUM AND TEACHING 20 MEMORANDUM (a DM-CT-2024-284 i TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS | ‘SCHOOLS DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS PUBLIC SCHOOL HEADS ALL OTHERS CONCERNED AUG 22 00h PA AUS 2% 20D FROM =: —_—«GINAO. GONONG JH Undersecretary for Curriculum and Teaching SUBJECT : ADMINISTRATION OF THE RAPID MATHEMATICS ‘ASSESSMENT (RMA) AND COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY ASSESSMENT (CRLA) FOR GRADES 1 TO 3 FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025 DATE August 20, 2024 ‘The Department of Education (DepEd) is steadfast in its commitment to ensuring that learners’ interventions are provided at the right level and that no learner is left behind. To this end, the Rapid Mathematics Assessment (RMA) and Comprehensive Literacy Assessment (CRLA) for Grades 1 to 3 shall be administered nationwide by the beginning of the school year 2024-2025, ensuring coverage across every public school in the country. [At the core of the RMA and ORLA lies the objective of determining the mathematical and reading profiles of students in Grades 1 to 3. The insights gleaned from this desesement will serve as invaluable tools for identifying grade readiness and skills requiring improvement and will help teachers design intervention activities for this School year, Furthermore, this data will enable us to champion educational equity by assessing learner performance across all regions and providing targeted support where it is most needed, ‘The RMA and CRLA are scheduled for administration from August 20 to September 20, 2024. Both the CRLA and the RMA shall be administered as follows: 1. Grade 1 assessment tools to learners currently enrolled in Grade 1; 2. Grade 2 assessment tools to learners currently enrolled in Grade 2; and 3. Grade 3 assessment tools to learners currently enrolled in Grade 3. ‘Teachers are requested to record the learner results in the scoresheets provided. School heads shall ensure that the school summaries are promptly uploaded to the submission links provided below as soon as all learners are assessed, not later than September 20, 2024. 2 Direct Line: (632) 8633-7202/8687-4146 E-mail: & DepED MATATAG HF vwsca gion ae, es {Vf Bonifacio Building, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City‘Republic of the Philippines Department of Education OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR CURRICULUM AND TEACHING «Rapid Mathematics Assessment: | bi © Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment: The administration materials can be accessed through the links below: ‘Assessment tine Rapid Math Assessment (RMA) ‘ x ‘Comprehensive Rapid Literacy ANation: Assessment (CRLA] Please note that the tools found in these links are the updated versions or Version 2 of the tools. Teachers are requested to ensure that the correct versions of the tools are used. For technical assistance and support, please email . The Frequently Asked Questions for CRLA and RMA are attached as an Annex and can be found online at AQs-CRLA Printing/reproduction for RMA and CRLA shall be covered by the Program support funds, which may be charged against the local funds, subject to the usual government accounting and auditing rules and regulations. For any inquiries or concerns, you may contact the Bureau of Learning Delivery (BLD) through the following contact details: telephone numbers 8636-6540 / 8633- 9343 or email at For immediate dissemination and strict compliance. (Copy furnished: [ATTY REVSEE A. ESCOBEDO Undersecretary for Operations 1/F Bonifacio Building, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City ar estne: a) 9683 3oz/seerassee DepED w MATATAG ries — senDeheD USAID HRT COMPREHENSIVE RAPID LITERACY ASSESSMENT et utup What is CRLA? CRLA or Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment is a diagnostic assessment to Understand 2 learner's reading profile. I: provides teachors with a basis for grouping learners sccording to ther reading needs. Italgo allows teachers and program heads to compare a Tearner’s status in the beginning and end of the school year so that appropriate catch-up programs may be designed for those that remain in the group that need extra support What is the main objective of CRLA? To understand learners’ reading profiles so that targeted interventions may be provided. Who will take the CRLA? CRLA is to be administored to all Grades 1, 2, and 3 learners. When is the CRLA administered? Every beginning and end of the school year, with the guidance of a DepEd memorandum, ‘What is included in the CRLA Tools and Packages for reading competencies? + The Grade 1 CRLA toolkit is composed of 2 parts: © Part : Alphabet Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, Decoding and Word Recognition, Taske Part 2: Grade 1 Level Reading Fluency and Comprehension Tasks + The Grade 2 CRLA toolkit is composed of 2 parts: art: Grade ! Lovel Decoding and Word Recognition Tasks Part 2: Grade 2 Level Reading Fluency and Comprehension Tasks. + The Grade 3 CRLA toolkit is composed of 2 parts: ft ts Grade 2 Level Decoding and Word Recognition Tasks Part 2: Grade 3 Level Reading Fluency and Comprehension Tasks. In which language/s is CRLA administered per grade level? + Grade: Li © Grade 2: Land Filipino Grade 3: LI, Flipino, and English In which languages is CRLA available? ‘+ ASL: Akeanon, Central Bikol, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, inabaknon, Kinaray-a, Magindanawn, Minasbate, Rinconada, Sinugbuanong Binisaya, Tagalog, Waray, llokeno, Pengesinan, lvaten, tbanag, Sambel, Kapampangan, Sinurigaonon, Meranavy, Bahasa-Sug, Yakan + ASL2:Flipino 4 AsL3: English How long is the administration time for each student? ‘The estimated assessment duration is approximately 8-16 minutes. This does not include preparation time of teachers and delivery of questions and instructions. How is the CRLA administered? Teachers are advised to follow the administration guidelines per grade level that can be found in this lnkif the Lt of ‘or Filipino as his L1? 'No, that child is likely to falif they take an assessment in alanguage other than ther fist language. The CRLA peckage for English as an L1 will be released soon. ‘What is an automated classroom scoresheet? sarner is English, do | need to give the CRLA Tagalog ll An automated scoreshest is a template for recording the CRLA results. ‘The template is organized by grade level and is in Excel format. It provides functionalities for encoding, class record management, and class summaries. What is @ school summary template? 12 ‘A school summary template is used to consolidate assessment resis from individual classes into a summary for school. The school should assign 9 porsonnol (e.g, School ICT) to manually . copy and paste (as values) the data from the Classroom Summary section of each classroom ‘scoresheet into the Schoo! 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This does not include preparation time of teachers and delivery of questions and instructions. Ho is the RMA administered? Teachers are advised to strictly follow the guidelines and the order of questions in the teacher's booklet. If students fail to respond within the allotted time, the teacher could move to the next item and continue the assessment. Where can | access the RMA toolkits and automated scoresheets? Toolkits and automated scoresheets are saved in this folder: ttpsi//[Link]/DepEdRMAZ What is an automated classroom scoresheet? 1O * wroretes scoresheetis a template fr recording the RMA rests. The template is organized by grade level and is in Excel format. It provides functionalities for encoding, class record management, and class summaries. What ‘a school summary template? A school summary template consolidates assessment results from individual classes into a whole-school overview. Designated personnel (¢.g., Schoo! ICT) should manually transfer classroom summary data (8s values) from each classroom scoresheet to the School Summary Class Results section, How will the schoo! submit the school summary results? Wal conccese eee [Link] How can the school monitor their submissions? 3 Use the link below to monitor and track school submissions: hittps://[Link]/RMASchoolSubmissionTracker Note: School submissions will be reflected in the Submission Tracker Dashboard within 15 minutes after submission. What data can teachers draw from RMA results? After the administration of RMA, classroom teachers can easily determine the mastered and least mastered mathematics competency of each leamer and the summary of results for the entire class. (On an administrative level, the profiles determine the percentage of learners per profle/category and a determinant of percentage of math proficient learners per grade level.DefED USAID &RTI ABC+:Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines assesemenr CAQS 2 3 4 5 What is RMA? The Rapid Mathematics Assessment or RMA is a set of diagnostic tools that measures, evaluates, and assesses key stage 1 learners’ mathematics skills against their grade level competencies. Who developed RMA? Itis co-developed by Department of Education's Bureau of Learning Delivery, ABC>, and University of the Philippines National institute for Science and. Mathematics Education Development (NISMED). Who will take RMA? All Grades 1, 2, and 3 students enrolled in DepEd schools When is RMA administered? Every beginning and end of the school year, as guided by a DepEd memorandum, The same RMA toolkit will be used for both administrations, What is included in the RMA toolkit? + The Grade 1 toolkit is composed of a teacher's booklet, a learner's score sheet, and ‘materials booklet. The Grade 2 and 3 toolkits are composed of a teacher's booklet, a learner's score sheet, and a learner's booklet. ‘+ The teacher's booklet guides teachers in administering the assessment. It includes tasks, instructions for preparation, an answer key, and the allotted time for each task and subtask + The learner's score sheet is where teachers record whether the learner was able to answer a subtask or not. + The materials booklet contains the materials needed to perform the task. + The learner's booklet contains the tasks the learner needs to perform orally or in writing. What does the RMA toolkit measure? ‘The RMA contains competencies based on the grade level most essential learning competencies (MELCs). Competencies are also reviewed and aligned with the MATATAG curriculum,