Revised Grading System for Schools

The grading system must reflect consistency between the true level and degree of mastery of competencies by students in each subject area.
The grading system must enable the teaching-learning process to be assessed by students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
The grading system must use transmutation of scores and ratings into percentage grades for both numeric and descriptive ratings.
Perfect scores must be converted to 100%, and zero scores must be converted to 0%.

Test scores and other numeric or descriptive ratings must be converted into percentage grades without applying a base percentage.
The passing grade must be 75% and must be a faithful reflection of student achievement of the competencies for the subject area.
Periodical tests must have a uniform weight of between 25% to 40% in all subject areas.
The remaining weight must be distributed among the other components rated in each subject area.
Any grade lower than 65% must be reflected as 65% on the individual report card.
The actual grade lower than 65% must be retained in the class record and must be used for aggregating group performance at all times and for all purposes.

Teachers must not follow any “transmutation table” that uses 70% as the baseline published in commercially distributed class records.
Teachers must immediately stop using the 70% baseline transmutation table because it is not officially sanctioned by the Department of Education.

All assessment instruments must be structured to assess achievement related to the competencies.
Assessment instruments must motivate learners to learn the competencies not mastered.

The rating system must be discussed during the Educators Congress in Baguio City on October 7-9, 2003.

All previous Orders and other issuances, and the provisions thereof, that are inconsistent with this Order are revoked or amended accordingly.