Abstract

This study focused on the development of a proposed prototype evaluation instrument in Filipino 1.  Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions:  What proposed prototype evaluation instrument should be developed in Filipino 1?  What intervention scheme may be proposed to improve the academic performance of education students of the Leyte Normal University and Eastern Visa as State University? The study used the descriptive developmental research with fifty (50) First Year Education students for the first dry run at  Leyte Normal University, and another set of fifty  (50) First Year Education students for the final dry run was conducted at Eastern  Visayas State University; and  Fifty (50) First Year  Education students for establishing reliability of the final form of the evaluation instrument in Filipino 1,  conducted at  Leyte Normal University with a combined coefficients of 0.72 which was interpreted as having a  "high reliability."To determine whether the Proposed Prototype Evaluation Instrument in Filipino 1 is valid and reliable, the following were considered:  Validation of the evaluative instrument as determined by the panel of evaluators; administering the evaluation instrument at Leyte Normal University for the first dry run and Eastern Visayas State University for the final dry run; item analysis, after the dry runs; and lastly, analyzing the distracters where the conditional and not effective distracters were removed or changed.