PHINMA Education continues its partnership with the Asian Psychological Services and Assessment in evaluating its students’ mastery of skills and competencies required for their respective levels.

Since 2015, APSA has been conducting Standards-Based Assessment across PHINMA Education schools to gauge students’ proficiency against national and international standards.

This year, 40,000 college freshmen from nine PHINMA Education schools underwent the SBA tests.

“Through the data on learning outcomes, we are able to identify areas of strength, as well as areas for improvement, to address the learning gaps of students,” Dr. Nigel Cabison, chief of PHINMA Education Analytics, said.

“These results empower us to better our strategies and customize learning systems according to our students’ needs — making it more efficient and effective for them,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dr. Rose Marie Salazar-Clemeña, APSA president, said that the SBA is a modern trend in education that addresses the needs of schools for quality assessment.

“It is an approach far different from traditional assessment because the SBA evaluates students’ performance based on the required standards for a specific grade level, rather than comparing a student’s performance with that of other students. It specifies academic performance standards by defining different levels of proficiency,” Salazar-Clemeña said.

PHINMA Education’s strategic initiatives have yielded positive results in terms of licensure exam passing rates and graduates’ employability.

Since 2004, the network has produced 122 board topnotchers and over 26,000 professionals in the Philippines. These achievements have fostered trust among more than 124,000 students enrolled in ten schools across the Philippines and Indonesia, encompassing over 110 programs that cover the entire education chain.

“Understanding where our students are in terms of competencies in core subject areas helps us tailor our learning strategies so they can be one step closer to achieving the future they want and deserve,” Cabison said.