Learning outcomes
How public school learners score on the NAT, ELLNA and CRLA, by grade, region and division, and which school inputs go with higher results.
Series on this topic: CRLA reading results (25).
Mother Tongue After RA 12027: Language of Instruction
Under RA 12027, Filipino and English teach K to Grade 3; a mother tongue stays only in monolingual classes that meet 5 tests. What DO 020 and DO 035 require.
PISA, TIMSS, SEA-PLM and the NAT: What EDCOM II Found
What EDCOM II found on PISA, SEA-PLM, TIMSS and the NAT: 76% to 84% below PISA Level 2 in 2022, 14 national tests, slow results, and what DepEd changed.
EDCOM II's Three Reports: How the Key Numbers Changed
Sixteen EDCOM II headline numbers traced through the 2024, 2025 and 2026 reports: which changed, which were reused, and why the reports disagree.
Mass Promotion and Lost Instructional Time: EDCOM II
What EDCOM II found on mass promotion and lost class days, what it recommends, what DO 015 and DO 009, s. 2026 now require, and what school heads should do.
Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney Tests in Excel for Small Classes
When a class is small or scores are skewed, use the Wilcoxon signed-rank or Mann-Whitney test instead of a t-test: steps in Excel, effect sizes and DepEd data.
Sample Action Research in DepEd Format: A Complete Example
A full sample action research in DepEd format, with invented data: a Grade 3 reading study set at Basey I Central Elementary School, Basey, Samar.
Action Research Titles by Subject, With Data and Scores
Action research titles for reading, math, science, multigrade, large classes and more, each scored with DepEd's topic rubric and backed by real DepEd data.
One-Way ANOVA in Excel for Action Research
How to run a one-way ANOVA in Excel with the Analysis ToolPak: the F test, eta squared, post hoc tests and two-way ANOVA, with toolkit and CRLA data.
Action Research Questions and Hypotheses, With Examples
How to write action research questions and null and alternative hypotheses: DepEd's five criteria, directional vs nondirectional, and a corrected answer key.
Chi-Square Test in Excel for Action Research
How to run a chi-square test of independence in Excel for causal-comparative research: expected counts, CHISQ.TEST, phi and Cramer's V, with DepEd data.
Pearson Correlation in Excel for Action Research
How to compute and interpret Pearson's r in Excel for action research: CORREL, the p-value, scatterplots, Spearman's rho, and CRLA data on correlation vs cause.
Validity, Reliability and Cronbach's Alpha in Excel
How to check a questionnaire's validity and reliability for action research: expert review, pilot testing, and Cronbach's alpha in Excel, step by step.
Weighted Mean and Likert Scale Interpretation in Excel
How to compute and interpret the weighted mean of Likert items in Excel for action research: the 0.80 interval scale, medians, reverse-scoring and reporting.
Pretest-Posttest Design and Regression to the Mean
Why a one-group pretest-posttest can mislead in action research: CRLA data show big gains from ordinary teaching and regression to the mean, and how to fix it.
Paired and Independent t-Test in Excel for Action Research
How to run paired and independent t-tests in Excel for DepEd action research, step by step, with the toolkit's practice data, a CRLA example and effect sizes.
Action Research and Thesis Topics on Reading (CRLA)
Twenty action research and thesis topics on reading for teachers and school heads, each with its question, design, test and the CRLA variables that answer it.
CRLA Variation: School, Division or Region?
In SY 2025-26 CRLA results, 65% of the variation between schools lies within divisions, 22% between divisions and 13% between regions. Why it matters.
CRLA End-of-Year Results SY 2025-26: All 18 Regions
CRLA at the end of SY 2025-26: 10.0% of 5,127,670 Grade 1–3 public school learners are struggling readers and 47.6% read at grade level.
Stunting, Day Care Centers and Early Reading
Across 1,639 municipalities, models link more stunting with slightly more struggling readers; day care center gaps show no consistent link.
CRLA Reading Hotspots: A Map of Struggling Readers
CRLA struggling readers cluster by municipality (Moran's I 0.65). The 64 high-high hotspots hold 9.6% of struggling readers but 3.5% of learners.
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