Academic Instructional Practices of Public and Private Elementary Schools: A Framework Model

In the Philippines, a school’s effective instructional practices can be measured by how the school performs in standardized national examination instruments like the National Achievement Test (NAT). With this, the study determined the relationship of schools’ academic instructional practices in parallel to the National Achievement Test (NAT) ranking. The study used three variables, learning delivery, learning assessment, and learning resources as predictors of NAT academic success of both public and private schools. Furthermore, this study used a mixed-method specifically the sequential-explanatory method. This method includes the collection and analysis of quantitative data followed by a collection and analysis of qualitative data. The study was conducted in the 20 NAT performing schools in the past five years, S.Y. 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, and 2015-2016, (10) public and (10) private schools of Cebu City division. The result revealed that the variables used in this study, the learning delivery, learning assessment, and learning resources have significantly contributed to the academic success of both public and private schools, therefore, predictors of the result of the National Achievement Test. A model was developed that could assist and uphold both public and private success in instructional academic achievement.