DepEd Memorandum 024, s. 2025 - Administration of the National Achievement Test for Grade 6 for School Year 2024-2025

DepEd Memorandum 024, s. 2025

Administration of the National Achievement Test for Grade 6 for School Year 2024-2025

 

MAR 12 2025

 

DepEd MEMORANDUM

No. 024, s. 2025

 

ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST FOR GRADE 6 FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025

 

To:      Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM

Bureau and Service Directors

Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public and Private Elementary School Heads

All Others Concerned

 

1. The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Bureau of Education Assessment (BEA) will administer the National Achievement Test for Grade 6 (NATG6) for school year (SY) 2024-2025, pursuant to DepEd Order (DO) No. 55, s. 2016 titled Policy Guidelines on the National Assessment of Student Learning for the K to 12 Basic Education Program on March 31 and April 1-4, 2025, as testing window to public and private elementary schools operating with a permit.

 

2. The conduct of the test is pursuant to DO 009, s. 2024 titled Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2024-2025.

 

3. In accordance with DO 027, s. 2022 titled Conduct of Rapid Assessment in School Year 2021-2022 for Learning Recovery as well as in Preparation for the 2024 Baseline System Assessment, the current Grade 6 learners of the present SY will be taking the test.

 

4. The NATG6 will be administered on a paper-based modality to all regional offices (ROs), schools division offices (SDOs), public elementary schools, and private schools operating with permits.

 

5. The NATG6 is an exit assessment that is designed to determine if Grade 6 learners are meeting the learning standards in the elementary curriculum. The test design measures five learning areas (English, Mathematics, Science, Filipino, and Araling Panlipunan) in a multiple-choice format.

 

6. The Language of Testing for the following learning areas are as follows:

     

Language of Testing	Learning Areas
English	English, Science, and Mathematics
Filipino	Filipino and Araling Panlipunan

 

 

7. The BEA will conduct a virtual orientation for Regional Testing Coordinators, Division Testing Coordinators, and SDO Private School Supervisors on the test administration. The schedule and meeting details will be sent in a separate Advisory.

 

8. The BEA will manage the national implementation of the NATG6 with the assistance of the ROs and SD Os.

 

9. Learners with disabilities may also be assessed provided that the test accommodations stipulated in Section 9 of DO 55, s. 2016 are met.

 

10. Health and safety protocols must be followed in all activities related to the national test administration.

 

11. An authorized forwarder will deliver and retrieve the test materials to and from the SDOs.

 

12. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Education Assessment Education Assessment Division, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bea.ead@deped.gov.ph or at telephone number (02) 8631-2589.

 

13. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired

 

 

By Authority of the Secretary

 

 

(SGD) RONALD U. MENDOZA PhD

Undersecretary

 

 

References:

DepEd Order (Nos. 009, s. 2024; 027, s. 2022; and 55, s. 2016)

DepEd Memorandum No. 016, s. 2024

 

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

under the following subjects:

 

ASSESSMENT

BUREAUS AND OFFICES

LEARNERS

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

PERFORMANCE

POLICY

SCHOOLS

TESTS

 

A full copy of DepEd Memorandum No. 024, s. 2025 below: