QuestionsQuestions (DECS ORDER NO. 30)
The NEAT is administered from 8:30 to 12:00 o’clock in the morning of Tuesday, August 31, 1993.
No fee is charged. The NEAT examinations are administered without charge to all pupils, whether in public or private schools.
The NEAT covers four areas: (1) English, (2) Mathematics, (3) Science, and (4) Heograpiya/Kasaysayan/Sibika. Each component test lasts 40 minutes.
No. While taking the NEAT is a requirement for graduation, a low NEAT score by itself will not necessarily prevent graduation because it only forms part of the general average with a weight of one academic subject transmuted into percentage.
The NEAT grade is the last entry in the listing of subjects in the Forms 137-E and 138-E of Grade VI pupils.
The results must be made available before the end of the school year to all schools.
For private elementary schools offering Grade VII, the NEAT is given to Grade VI pupils to compare similar classes. Grade VII pupils in private schools are not required to take the NEAT in SY 1993-1994 or later years.
The National Educational Testing and Research Center (NETRC), in cooperation with the Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE) and the Regional Offices, shall undertake NEAT design, implementation and assessment.
Regional Director: responsible to the Secretary for systematic and effective administration in the region; adopts measures to ensure smooth conduct; designates the Chief of the Elementary Education Division as Regional Testing Coordinator. Regional Testing Coordinator: consolidates data and reports from school divisions and furnishes copies to NETRC as deemed necessary; serves as liaison between NETRC and school divisions regarding administration.
DEXCOM is the Division Examination Committee organized and chaired by the Schools Division Superintendent to oversee smooth and efficient NEAT administration. It includes: (1) Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education; (2) Provincial PNP Superintendent; (3) a representative of the private school sector; and (4) a representative of state colleges and universities if any in the division.
It states the principle that no faculty or non-teaching personnel of any school should participate in the actual conduct of the NEAT in that school.
For public school examinees: room examiners are private school teachers. For private school examinees: room examiners are public school teachers.
Chief Examiner coordinates room preparation; receives test materials from the DTC and distributes to room examiners not later than 7:00 A.M. on exam day; checks number of materials returned; consolidates examiner reports; and prepares required reports/forms including the Chief Examiner Transmittal Report Envelope (CETRE).
The Room Examiner must ascertain identity of examinees through Form 1 before letting them in; receive test materials not later than 7:00 A.M.; check the number of test materials received; and prepare boardwork.
The school principal/head teacher prepares a complete list of examinees (NEAT Form 1) by sex in three copies based on actual enrollment and submits it to the Division Office through the District Supervisor/Principal-In-Charge not later than June 25, 1993.
Examinees from a particular school are assigned to only one testing center. If their school is not a testing center, they are assigned to the testing center most accessible to them.
The Examiner collects test materials individually before dismissing examinees, arranges used and unused booklets consecutively by serial number, and returns them into sealed/stapled plastic bags for submission to the Chief Examiner, with verification and sealing procedures described.
ETRE contains: (1) used answer sheets arranged by serial number; and (2) the Room Examiner’s copy of NEAT Form 4 indicating the Answer Sheet Number of each examinee. CETRE contains: (1) unused answer sheets returned; (2) Test Materials Accounting Form (NEAT Form 3); (3) report on actual number of examinees in the testing center; and (4) Evaluation Report.
Upon proper representation, the Provincial PNP Superintendent enlists local PNP units to ensure security of test materials and smooth conduct of the test.