The main thrust of this study was focused in the assessment of the factors affecting the reading proficiency levels of selected Grade IV pupils in DECS, Bagabag District and their implications to classroom instruction.

The descriptive method of research was used in the study. Three sets of questionnaires were developed by the researcher to gather data from pupils, pupils' parents and teachers. A reading proficiency test was likewise constructed to assess the level of reading proficiency reached by the readers. pupil-respondents as

The population for the study consisted of selected Grade IV pupils, parents and teachers from the representative central, non-central and primary schools of Bagabag District.

The basic findings are as follows:A. Profile of Respondents

1. Pupil Respondents

1.1 Gender. There were more male respondents of 45 or 54.88% than their female consisting counterparts consisting of 37 or 45.12%.

1.2 Age. Forty-four (54%) of the respondents were below 11 years old while thirty-eight or 46% were above 11 years old. The oldest pupil-respondents with an average of 11.18 came from the primary school followed by the non-central school with 10.63 and the central school with 10.37, the youngest.

1.3 Type of school. The 82 pupil-respondents came from three schools of Bagabag. Twenty-two came from Kinakao, a primary school, thirty from Murong Elementary School, a non-central school, and thirty from Bagabag Central School, the central school of the school district of Bagabag.

1.4 Pupil Respondents' general average in English, Mathematics, Science and HEKASI. The noncentral pupil-respondents outperformed those from the central school and primary school in English, Science and HEKASI with a mean of 84.7, 87.23 and 84.33, respectively. The central school, on the other hand, outperformed both the non-central and primary school in Mathematics with a mean of 82.83. Sciencewith a general mean of 84.48 was the best learned subject among the respondents followed by English with 83.28, HEKASI with 83.04 and Mathematics with 82.82 was the least learned subject.

1.5 Reading levels. The pupil-respondents registered a reading level mean of 4.06 (SD = 0.87) which indicated that on the average the pupils read by phrases. The reading level mean of the non-central school of 4.2 (SD = 0.66) was the highest, followed by the central school of 4.13 (SD = 1.04) , while the primary school with 3.77 (SD = 0.81) was the lowest.

1.6 Reading proficiency performance test scores. The non-central school got the highest mean of 41.3 (SD = 6.3) , the primary school, a mean of 28.23 (SD = 5.93) , and the central school, a mean of 27.47 (SD = 7.56) , the lowest. For all schools, the mean was 32.97 (SD = 9.26) .

2. Parent Respondents

2.1 Age. Forty-five (55%) of the parent-respondents had ages 40 and up, while 37 (45%) had ages below 40. The primary school had the oldest parent-respondents, followed by the central school with 42. 67, and the non-central school with 39.5, the youngest. The mean age of all parent-respondents was 41.88.2.2 Educational attainment. The respondents from the central school with parent-a mean educational attainment of 2.8 equivalent to third year high school or higher made them the group with the highest average educational attainment. This group was followed by the parent-respondents from the non-central school with a mean educational attainment of 2.47 or educational level ranging from elementary graduate to second year high school, and the parent-respondents from the primary school with educational attainment of 1.63 or educational level ranging from primary to grade five. The mean educational attainment of parent-respondents was 2.37 which showed that on the average their educational attainment was from elementary graduate to first or second year high school.

2.3 Occupation. Forty-two (51%) of the parent respondents were farmers and 40 (49%) of the parent respondents were non-farmers.

2.4 Average monthly family income. Forty-three parents (52%) belonged to income level 1, 30 (37%) Income level 2, 9 (11%) income level 3. The parent-respondents from the central school with 1.9 average income level had the highest average Income ranging from P 6,000 to P 10,999. The parent-respondents from the primary school had the lowest mean

income level with 1.32 which ranged from P 5,999 below.

3. Teacher-Respondents

3.1 Performance rating. Teacher-respondents from the central school were rated below 10 in their performance ratings while their counterparts from the non-central and primary equivalent to outstanding. schools were rated 10

3.2 Teaching experience. Teacher-respondents from the non-central and primary schools with teaching experiences ranging from 2 to 8 years were found younger than their counterparts from the central school who had been teaching from 9 to 31 years. Older grade four teachers were employed in the central school

Thesis (Master of Education - Language, Reading and Numeracy)

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