REVISED SCHOOL

BASED MANAGEMENT:
ASSESSMENT PROCESS
AND TOOL (APAT)

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001

(RA 9155)
Schools First Initiative in 2005
Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (2006)
School-Based Management
SGC, Conduct of Assessment Level
of Practice, School Improvement Planning,
School Report Cards

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

Problems Noted
1. On School Improvement Planning
a. unrealistic targets and inappropriate
strategies
b. too much focus was given on SIP templates
c. for compliance only rather as an aid for
planning
2. On SBM Assessment
a. bean-counting

WHY REVISE?

To better highlight the children/ learner as

the center of SBM practice;
To encompass the diverse realities of learning
contexts defined and uniquely occurring
within specific geographical, social, cultural,
economic, political, and environmental makeup of the contemporary society;
To enhance commitment of education
stakeholders at all levels to their
responsibilities and accountabilities in
realizing the education outcomes for children;

WHY REVISE?

To further promote shared governance

between the school and community;
To integrate accreditation into SBM for a
seamless assessment of a school system; and
To improve the school systems capacity to
be on track on achieving the EFA/ Millenium
Development Goals and sustain good
performance.

METHODOLOGY

Review of Issues in SBM Implementation;

Focus-Group Discussion/Two-level Consultations on the
SBM Framework, Standards and Assessment Tools;
Content Validation of the SBM Framework, Standards
and Assessment Tool;
Field Validation of the first draft;
Joint SBM-IP Education and PASBE Write shop (launch of
ACCESs)
Operational Try-out of the Revised SBM Assessment Tool
and the Implementing Guideline

KEY CONCEPTS, PHILOSOPHIES,

AND PRINCIPLES OF SBM

It is progressive and developmental.

It is decentralized.
It is self-empowered.
To operationalize these, there should be:
1. participatory management;
2. empowered stakeholders;
3. schools managed by/ for/ of the school
and the community

ACCESS

Stands for A Child and Community-centered

Education Systems;
Both a product and a process;
Espouses four principles of a school system that
guides the SBM processes
- Principle of Leadership and Governance
- Principle of Community-based Learning
- Principle of Accountability for Performance and
Results
- Principle of Convergence to Harness Resources
for Education

PASBE
Stands for Philippine
Accreditation System for Basic
Education;
Uses the Fitness-for-Purpose
model;
Standards are comprehensive,
qualitative statements of school
practices and processes

REVISED SBM ASSESSMENT

PROCESS
DOD
-Document-analysis (1 day)
-Observation (1 day)
- discussion of data (1/2 day)
1. Pre-assessment
2. During the assessment process
3. Discussion of Documents and Process
Evidence
4. Closure/ Exit Conference/ meeting
5. Report Writing by team

REVISED SBM ASSESSMENT TOOL

Guided by the four principles of ACCESs

School system may be classified as developing, maturing,
or advanced (accredited level)
Systems oriented, principle-guided, evidence-based,
learner-centered, process-focused, non-prescriptive, userfriendly, collaborative in approach, and results/ outcomes
focused;
Forty percent of the rating comes from
Leadership and Governance-30%
Curriculum and Learning- 30%
Accountability and Continuous Improvement- 25%
Management of Resources- 15%

REVISED SBM ASSESSMENT TOOL

Sixty percent of the rating comes from:

Improvement of the Learning Process
Access-Enrolment Increase-45%
Efficiency- Drop out rate, cohort-survival rate,
completion rate- 25%
Quality-Achievement Rate- National
Achievement Test-30%

DESCRIPTION OF SBM LEVELS

OF PRACTICE

Level I: DEVELOPING- Developing structures and

mechanisms with acceptable level and extent of
community participation and impact on learning
outcomes.
Level II: MATURING- Introducing and sustaining
continuous improvement process that integrates
wider community participation and improve
significantly performance and learning outcomes.
Level III: ADVANCED/ACCREDITED- Ensuring the
production of intended outputs/ outcomes and
meeting all standards of a system fully integrated
in the local community and is self-renewing and
self-sustaining.