Reshaping Assessment Practices in a Philippine Teacher Education Institution during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Crisis

Michael Bobias Cahapay

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Michael Bobias Cahapay ¹ ^*

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¹ College of Education, Mindanao State University, General Santos City, PHILIPPINES^* Corresponding Author

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This case study analyzes the assessment practices in a Teacher Education Institution (TEI) in the Philippines during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. The results showed that assessment practices were contextually reshaped as classes were suspended at the time when assessment evidence cannot be computed; limited internet connectivity posed logistical issues to move to online assessment; and institutional tradition of maintaining quality draws a major concern. As a consequence, changes were evident in the grading component solely focusing on student attendance; grading system shifting to descriptive binary; requirements for laboratory and research works significantly modified; and exclusion of grades earned in the current semester from the computation of grade point average. Drawing lessons from this case study, it is recommended that in reshaping assessment practices in this time, different contexts must be cogently considered, so that reasonable changes will be better understood.

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educational assessment
teacher education
higher education
COVID-19
single case study

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PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 5, Issue 4, October 2020, Article No: em0079

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Cahapay, Michael Bobias "Reshaping Assessment Practices in a Philippine Teacher Education Institution during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Crisis". Pedagogical Research, vol. 5, no. 4, 2020, em0079. https://doi.org/10.29333/pr/8535