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Table of Specification (TOS)

The document discusses the Table of Specifications (TOS), which is a test map that helps teachers align objectives, instruction, and assessment. It outlines the significance and components of TOS, including its role in ensuring a fair representation of test questions and improving student learning. Additionally, it provides steps for constructing a TOS, emphasizing the importance of planning before writing tests.

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Table of Specification (TOS)

The document discusses the Table of Specifications (TOS), which is a test map that helps teachers align objectives, instruction, and assessment. It outlines the significance and components of TOS, including its role in ensuring a fair representation of test questions and improving student learning. Additionally, it provides steps for constructing a TOS, emphasizing the importance of planning before writing tests.

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Table of Specification

(TOS)

CHARLYN LOU A.ALGABRE


Discussant
At the end of the discussion, you are
expected to:

• define TOS
• reflect on the significance and components of
the TOS
• construct a table of specification
Examine the pictures…
Examine the pictures…
What hypothesis
can be
formulated/conclud
ed from the two
pictures
presented?
-is a test map that guides the
teacher in constructing a test
(Navarro and Santos, 2012)

-sometimes called a test blue


print that helps teachers align
objectives, instruction, and
assessment
SIGNIFICANCE AND
COMPONENTS OF THE
TOS
Significance and Components of the
Table of Specifications

1. It consists of a two-way chart or grid relating instructional


objectives to the instructional content.
The column of the chart lists the objectives or levels of skills to
be addressed
 The rows list the key concepts or content the test is to measure
Significance and Components of the
Table of Specifications
2. It identifies not only the content areas covered in class but
also the performance objectives at each level of the cognitive
domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy

3. It is developed before the test is written. In fact, it should be


constructed before the actual teaching begins
Significance and Components of the
Table of Specifications
4. Its purpose is to identify the achievement domains being
measured and to ensure that a fair and representative sample
of questions appear on the test.

5. It benefits students in two-ways – it improves the validity of


teacher-made tests and it can improve student learning
Significance and Components of the
Table of Specifications
6. It helps to ensure that there is a match between what is
taught and what is tested
STEPS IN
CONSTRUCTING
THE TOS
Steps in Constructing TOS
1. List all the topics/learning competencies covered
within the prescribed term
Steps in Constructing TOS
1. List all the topics/learning competencies covered
within the prescribed term
Steps in Constructing TOS
Steps in Constructing TOS
2. Indicate the number of teaching days/ hours spent for
each topic/ learning competency
Steps in Constructing TOS
2. Indicate the number of teaching days/ hours spent for
each topic/ learning competency
Steps in Constructing TOS
3. Compute for the number of items each topic using the
formula

No. of Days (Column B)


Number of items = X Total Number of Items
Total No. of Days
Steps in Constructing TOS
No. of Days (Column B)
Number of items = X Total Number of Items
Total No. of Days

2
Number of items = x 50 = 9.1
11
0.1818
Steps in Constructing TOS
3. Compute for the number of items each topic using the
formula
Steps in Constructing TOS
4. Determine the items placement based on the number
of items align to the behavioral domains
Steps in Constructing TOS
5. Add the items (horizontally and vertically)
Steps in Constructing TOS
6. Compute the percentage per domain

Total Number of items Per


%= Domain X 100
No of items

2
%= X 100
50

Understandin %= 4
g
Steps in Constructing TOS
6. Compute the percentage per domain
An hour of planning can
save you ten hours of doing.
Dale Carnegie

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