Department of Education

Region VIII
Ormoc City Division
Ormoc City District VI
T. AVILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Ormoc City

SESSION GUIDE FOR PREPARING A TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

I. Session Title: Preparing the Table of Specification

II.OBJECTIVES:
 Re-orient teachers on the purpose of TOS and its corresponding
parts.
 Prepare classroom test specification or blue print for the evaluation
of pupil’s performance.

III. DATE: JANUARY 20, 2017

TIME: 1:00- 5: OO PM
DURATION: 4 HOURS

IV.RESOURCES:
Deped Order No.8,s .2015,Deped Order No.73,s.2012,Readings from the
web
Laptop, Projector, White screen
Curriculum Guide, Teachers Guide, Learner’s Materials, Bond Papers, Printer,
Copier, Staplers

V. Overview:

In most professional endeavours, it is economical of peoples’ time, and necessary

from the point of view of sound practice, to have a thoroughly planned view of
the whole exercise before you put together the parts(in this case the test items )
to meet a professional objective or serve a professional purpose. The term that is
sometimes used is called a blueprint, (this is a comparison with an architect’s
design of a whole structure in detail before the builder starts work).
This session offers the theory and detail as to why and how specifications
should be prepared for test purposes.

VI. PROCEDURE:
ACTIVITY:
1. Group the participants into three groups.
2. Ask each group to discuss their answers to the following questions.
What is a Table of Specification?
Why would you need to write a Table of Specification ?
 How do you write a Table of Specification?

3. Have each group share their answers to the whole group .

ANALYSIS /ABSTRUCTION:
1. Discussion on the topic using power point
1.1. What is a table of specification?
1.2. What is the importance of a TOS?
1.3. The thinking skills based on Blooms revised taxonomy
1.4. Presenting a sample
1.5. Steps in making TOS
1.6. Sample test paper

APPLICATION:
1. Workshop on making TOS.
2. Sharing learning and insights gain from the session.
3. Setting monitoring schedule.
4. Pledge of commitment

Prepared by:

PERLITA Y. BACALA
LAC FACILATATOR/ EGT-III

Approved:

DIVINA E. MONTALBAN
ESP-II