Brigada Pagbasa Literacy Diagnostic and Proficiency Assessment Tool

Who uses this When is this tool What is the purpose of What are the
tool? used? this tool? quality standards?

Program staff- Before conducting This tool provides guidance The adapted DAPAT
particularly DAPATs in the on what the DAPAT tool is needs to be aligned to
technical preparation phase. and how to use it – and the skill levels.
education staff. guidance on how to review Adaptations should be
and adapt both the literacy mainly to the content
and numeracy DAPAT so of the learner’s stimuli
that it is effective in your – to assure relevance
context. to context and language

The Brigada Pagbasa Program Diagnostic and Proficiency Assessments (DAPATs) are used to assess children
individually. DAPAT results are then used to group children into the correct Brigada Pagbasa Literacy and
Numeracy Club levels. Children in Brigada Pagbasa Literacy and Numeracy Clubs are grouped by learning
needs. They are not grouped by age or grade-level. A child may be at a different level for literacy than s/he is
for numeracy.

LITERACY

Purpose: This section provides guidance, resources, and tools to support FOs’:
understanding of:
 the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy Club Literacy Diagnostic and Proficiency
Assessment (DAPAT); and
 adapting the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT to your country, context, and
language.

Steps:
1. Gather necessary stakeholders. Determine which Field Office staff and other stakeholders will be
involved in making decisions about adapting the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT.
2. Review the guidance in this section to understand the requirements of Brigada Pagbasa Literacy
DAPAT.
3. Read the sample DAPAT in this section to understand how the skills tested on the DAPAT relate
to Blue and Orange-level priority learning outcomes.
4. Use the questions in the table Adapting the Literacy DAPAT to your community, context, and language
to guide stakeholder discussions about how the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT can best be adapted
for your country, context, and language.
5. Record decisions.
6. Use the Sample DAPAT as a template to develop an adapted DAPAT.

Guidance: Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT

Purpose of the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT1

The Brigada Pagbasa (BP) Literacy DAPAT is used to individually assess the reading proficiency of each child
who is identified for the BP Literacy Clubs. It is used to ensure each child is grouped into the correct BP
Literacy Club level.

1
The information in this section is adapted from the Pratham ASER and the Global Proficiency Framework for
Reading Grades 1 and 2.
 The Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT is also used after a child completes each Brigada Pagbasa Literacy Club
level to inform decisions about whether the child should move from the Blue to the Orange level, receive
additional support, or successfully exit the programme.
The child
progresses from
the Blue to the
Orange level.
Use the BP
The child Use the BP The child
Literacy DAPAT to
attends the Literacy DAPAT to revcieves
group the child additional
CUP Literacy inform decisions
into the correct support.
Club level that about next steps:
Literacy Club level.
meets his/her
The child exits
learning
the
needs.
programme.

Figure: The Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT is used to ensure the child receives the correct level of
catch-up intervention.

The Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT is aligned to priority learning outcomes related to
reading.
The tasks on the sample Literacy DAPAT are aligned with priority learning outcomes in the sample Blue and
Orange-level Literacy Club curricula. The BP Literacy DAPAT assesses only reading, so only priority learning
outcomes related to reading are used. When FOs adapt the Literacy DAPAT, they should align it with their
adapted priority learning outcomes related to reading.

The table below shows the items on the sample Literacy DAPAT and the priority learning outcomes from the
sample curricula with which they align. Bolded parts of the outcomes are on the DAPAT.
Sample DAPAT task Sample priority learning outcome with which it is aligned
Read letters of the alphabet BL.1 Sound, say, read and write letters introduced in grade 1.
Read simple words BL.3 Blend and segment learned sounds to read and write grade-
1 level words.
Read a simple 4-sentence OL.3 Accurately read a short Novice-level text
paragraph
Answer comprehension OL.4 Read a short Novice-level text and answer "who,"
questions about the "what," "when," or "where" questions, using information that
paragraph. can be found directly in the text.
Figure: The sample Literacy DAPAT contains 4 reading tasks. Two reading tasks are aligned with the
sample Blue-level priority learning outcomes and two are aligned with sample Orange-level priority
learning outcomes as shown in the figure below.
Performance on the DAPAT before the clubs begin WV CUP Literacy Club level
Cannot read Blue

Can read only letters

Can read simple words Orange

Can read a paragraph of 4 simple sentences

Can read and comprehend a paragraph of 4 simple Does not need to be in a BP Literacy Club.
sentences
FOs may decide to enrol the child in an Orange-level Club for
other reasons.

Please note: BP Literacy Clubs do not address reading skills beyond reading and comprehending a short
paragraph. This is also the most complex task on the Literacy DAPAT. Therefore, a child who can successfully
read and comprehend a paragraph has acquired the most difficult foundational reading skill addressed in the
clubs and does not need to be in the programme. However, if FOs feel the child would benefit from the
Orange-level Literacy Club for other reasons, they may decide to enrol the child for those reasons.
See Sample Literacy DAPAT on the next page.
Sample Literacy DAPAT

ADP:__________________________ Community: _______________________ Date:___________________ Enumerator #:______

Reading Assessment (1)

Words
Letters

bell Cup
m t z
dog win
f k lap hat
o a r Ten miss
v p Sun pet

Reading Assessment (2)

Paragraph 2
Paragraph 1
 Please
choose one
paragraph
to read.

My name is Maya. Van is at school.

After school, I always He has new pencils.

sweep the yard.
Van draws a picture of
Then I have a snack. a big tree.

Mum likes having a The tree has green

nice clean yard. leaves and red flowers.

Comprehension Questions: Paragraph 1

Directions: The enumerator reads the comprehension questions to the child. The child does not see this page. Do not read the answers to the child.

Paragraph 1 comprehension questions: Paragraph 1 answers:

1. Any of the following answers are

1. What does Maya’s mum like? correct:
 A nice yard
 A clean yard
2. What does Maya do after school?
 A nice, clean yard

3. When does Maya sweep the yard? 2. Any of the following answers are
correct:
 Sweep the yard
 Have a snack
 Sweep the yard and have a
snack
 Have a snack and sweep the
yard

3. The following answer is correct:

 After school
 Comprehension Questions: Paragraph 2

Directions: The enumerator reads the comprehension questions to the child. The child does not see this page. Do not read the answers to the child.

Paragraph 2 comprehension questions: Paragraph 2 answers:

1. The following answer is correct:

1. Where is Van?  At school

2. What does Van draw? 2. Any of the following answers are

correct:
3. What colour are the flowers?  A big tree
 A tree
 A tree with green leaves and
red flowers
 A big tree with green leaves
and red flowers

3. The following answer is correct:

 red
Table 1: Adapting the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT to your community, context, and language.

Use the Section on Understanding and adapting the Brigada Pagbasa Literacy Diagnostic and Proficiency Assessment Tool (DAPAT) and information gathered in previous
tools to adapt your Literacy DAPAT.
Please note: What children are expected to read at grade 1 and grade 2 varies significantly from context to context and from language to language. The letters, words,
and sentences used on the DAPAT “should be limited to words that students have been taught to recognize and understand, or that they should be able to decode and
understand.”2

Tool: Adapting the Literacy DAPAT to your Context and language.

Sample Priority Learning Sample tested skills Sample Literacy DAPAT item Adapted priority learning Your adapted Literacy
Outcomes assessed on the from the Sample Blue and See sample Literacy DAPAT to see how the item is outcome and/or skills DAPAT item
sample DAPAT Orange-level Literacy Club presented to children.
Only the assessed part of the curricula
priority outcome is shown below.
BL.1 Read letters introduced in lowercase letters m t z f k o a r v p BL.1
grade 1
BL.3 consonant-vowel- bell Cup dog win lap hat Ten BL.3
Blend sounds and letters to consonant words miss Sun pet
read grade-1 words. doublet endings (from
BL.1)
OL.3 Text with a few simple paragraphs of 4 sentences OL.3
Accurately read a short sentences, a clear main
Novice-level text idea, 1 -2 characters and a See sample paragraphs in the sample DAPAT.
familiar setting.
One sentence may include If you use paragraphs, ensure your paragraphs use
a simple compound names, settings, and activities familiar to children in
sentence structure. your context.
OL.4 Questions about: After reading 1 paragraph, children answer 2 of 3 OL.4
Answer "who," "what," "when,"  Who? comprehension questions about one paragraph.
or "where" questions about the  What? See sample comprehension questions in the
short Novice-level text.  When? sample DAPA.
 Where?

2 From the Global Proficiency Framework for Reading

 NUMERACY

Section on the Brigada Pagbasa Numeracy Diagnostic and Proficiency

Assessment (DAPAT)

Purpose: This section provides guidance, resources, and tools to support FOs’:
understanding of the Brigada Pagbasa Numeracy Club Literacy Diagnostic and Proficiency
Assessment (DAPAT) and supporting resources.

Steps:
1. Gather necessary stakeholders. Determine which Field Office staff and other stakeholders will be
involved in making decisions about the Brigada Pagbasa Numeracy DAPAT.
2. Review the guidance in this section to understand the requirements of Brigada Pagbasa Numeracy
DAPAT.
3. Read the sample DAPAT in this section to understand how the skills tested on the DAPA relate
to Blue and Orange-level priority learning outcomes.
4. Translate the Numeracy DAPAT and supporting resources, as needed.

Guidance: CUP Numeracy DAPAT

Purpose of the Brigada Pabasa Numeracy DAPAT3

The Brigada Pagbasa Literacy DAPAT is used to individually assess children’s ability to read numbers and add
and subtract within 20. It is used to ensure each child is grouped into the correct CUP Numeracy Club level.

The Brigada Pagbasa Numeracy DAPAT is also used after a child completes each CUP Numeracy Club level to
inform decisions about whether the child should move from the Blue to the Orange level, receive additional
support, or successfully exit the programme.

The child
progresses
from the Blue
to the Orange
Use the BP level.
Use the BP
Numeracy DAPAT The child The child
Numeracy DAPAT
to group the child attends the revcieves
to inform
into the correct BP Numeracy additional
decisions about
Numeracy Club Club level that support.
next steps:
level. meets his/her
learning The child exits
needs. the
programme.

Figure 1: The BP Numeracy DAPAT is used to ensure the child receives the correct level of catch-
up intervention.

3
The information in this section is adapted from the Pratham Mathematics ASER and the Global Proficiency
Framework for Mathematics Grade 1 and 2.
The CUP Numeracy DAPAT is aligned to priority learning outcomes related to numbers,
addition, and subtraction.
The tasks on Numeracy DAPAT are aligned with priority learning outcomes in the suggested Blue and Orange-
level Numeracy Club curricula that relate to reading numbers within 10, reading numbers within 100, adding
and subtracting within 10, and adding and subtracting within 20.

The table below shows the items on the sample Numeracy DAPAT and the priority learning outcomes from
the sample curricula with which they align. Bolded parts of the outcomes are on the DAPAT.

Sample DAPAT task Sample priority learning outcome with which it is aligned
Read numbers within BN.1 Count objects, pictures, and numbers within 10. Read and write
10. numbers within 10.
Add and subtract BN.4 Add and subtract within 10 using objects, pictures, and equations.
within 10
Read numbers within ON.1 Count, read, and write whole numbers up to 100.
100
Add and subtract ON.4 Add and subtract within 20 using objects, pictures, and
within 20. equations.
ON.5 Add 3 numbers within 20, when the sum is not greater than
20.
Figure: The Numeracy DAPA contains 4 Numeracy tasks. Two tasks are aligned with Blue-level
priority learning outcomes and two are aligned with Orange-level priority learning outcomes.
Before BP Numeracy Clubs begin, children are grouped into either Blue or Orange-level CUP
Numeracy Clubs based on the tasks they can do on the Numeracy DAPAT.

Results from the Numeracy DAPAT are used to group children into the correct BP Numeracy Club level.
Children are not grouped in CUP Numeracy Club levels by age or grade.

Please note: CUP Numeracy Clubs do not address numeracy skills beyond reading numbers to
100 and adding and subtracting within 20. These are also the most complex tasks on the
Numeracy DAPA. Therefore, a child who can successfully read numbers within 100 and add and
subtract within 20 has acquired the most difficult foundational numeracy skills addressed in the
clubs and does not need to be in the programme. However, if FOs feel the child would benefit from
the Orange-level Numeracy Club for other reasons, they may decide to enrol the child for those
reasons.

Performance on the DAPAT before the clubs WV CUP Literacy Club level
begin

Cannot read numbers Blue

Can only read numbers within 10
Can add and subtract within 10 Orange
Can read numbers within 100 or
Can add and subtract within 20 (but cannot do
both)
Can read numbers within 100 and Does not need to be in a CUP Numeracy Club.
Can add and subtract within 20 (but cannot do FOs may decide to enrol the child in an Orange-level Club
both) for other reasons.

After children complete a BP Numeracy Club level, they are given the DAPAT again to assess
their progress.

Results from the Numeracy DAPAT are used at the end of each level to decide whether they should:
 progress from the Blue to the Orange level
 exit the Orange-level and the CUP Numeracy Club programme
 receive additional support, such as tutoring, a remedial programme, or going through the same CUP
club level a second time.
The table below can be used to guide decisions about next steps for children at the end of each BP club level
based on their performance on the Numeracy DAPAT.
Child has Performance on the DAPAT Next Steps
completed the: after completing the level

Blue-level BP Cannot read numbers within 10 Receives additional support through tutoring, a
Numeracy Club remedial programme, or is given the opportunity
Can only read numbers within10 enrol in the Blue-level CUP Numeracy Club again.

Blue-level BP Can add and subtract within 10 Progresses to the Orange-level Numeracy Club
Numeracy Club
Can read numbers within 100 or
Can add and subtract within20 (but
cannot do both)
Orange-level BP Can read numbers within 100 or Receives additional support through tutoring, a
Numeracy Club Can add and subtract within 20 (but remedial programme, or is given the opportunity
cannot do both) enrol in the Orange-level CUP Numeracy Club
again
Orange-level CUP Can read numbers within 100 and Successfully exits Orange-level CUP Numeracy
Numeracy Club Can add and subtract within 20 Club

See SAMPLE Numeracy DAPAT on the next page.

Numeracy DAPAT

ADP:__________________________ Community: _______________________ Date:___________________ Enumerator #:______

Numeracy Assessment (1)

Add and subtract within 10
Numbers

8 - 5 =__ 9 + 1 =__
10 6 2
1 5 7 6 - 3 =__ 4 + 3 =__

8 4 3 7 + 2 =__
9

ADP:__________________________ Community: _______________________ Date:___________________ Enumerator #:______

 Numeracy Assessment (2)
Add and subtract within 20
Numbers within 100

18 - 5 =__
75 23 92
14 86 41 11 + 9 =__

24 37 61 16 - 13 =__
52
14 + 3 + 1 =__

17 - 8 =__
Table 2: Adapting the NUMERACY DAPAT to your community context

Use the Section on Understanding and adapting the BP Numeracy Diagnostic and Proficiency Assessment (DAPAT) and information gathered in previous tools to adapt
your numeracy DAPAT.
Please note: You will likely not have to adapt the NUMERACY DAPAT as much as the LITERACY DAPAT. This step key in this step is to ensure alignment to adapted
session learning outcomes and any local curriculum considerations for grade level skills at grade one and two.

Tool: Adapting the Literacy DAPA to your Context and language.

Sample Priority Learning Sample tested skills Sample Numeracy DAPAT item Adapted priority learning Your adapted Numeracy
Outcomes assessed on the from the Sample Blue and See sample Literacy DAPA to see how the item is outcome and/or skills DAPAT item
sample DAPAT Orange-level Club curricula presented to children.
Only the assessed part of the
priority outcome is shown below.
BN.1 Read numbers Read and identify 10 6 2 1 5 7 8 4 3 9
introduced in grade 1 numbers within 10
BN.4 Add and subtract Add and subtract 8-5= 9+1= 6-3= 4+3= 7+2=
within 10 using objects, numbers within 10
pictures, and equations
ON.5 Use numbers within Read and identify 75 23 92 14 86 41 24 37 61 52.
100 to play games and solve numbers within 100
problems

ON.5 Use numbers within Add and subtract 18-5= 11+9= 16-3= 14+3+1= 17-8=
100 to play games and solve numbers within 20
problems