Mathematics Grades as Correlates to Performance in Asian Psychological Services and Assessment (APSA)

Abstract

The Asian Psychological Services and Assessment, Inc. (APSA) is an institution conducting a diagnostic test of core subjects that includes Mathematics. Taking into account the importance of the subject, the researchers conducted a study on students’ performance in Math. The study sought to find if the mathematics grade is a correlator of APSA rating by testing the relationship between the final grade and APSA diagnostic test results. The researchers employed the quantitative method using documentary analysis of the existing records as to academic performance and APSA results. The subjects of the study were the 587 students of the University of Bohol High School across the four grade levels. The data obtained were then subjected to statistical treatments using the coefficient of correlation, t-test, and analysis of variance. Results revealed that there was a significant correlation between the grades and APSA results in Mathematics, while APSA results in the four levels varied significantly. This means that students with low final grades in math are likely to obtain low performance in APSA. The variance in the APSA results among the four levels implied that the trend differs - distributions of proficiency were different in the four levels.