Backwash Effects of Testing on Teaching and Learning Mathematics

The study determined the "backwash effects" of Mathematics tests administered to eight secondary schools in General Trias, Cavite chosen based on the mathematics performance of their students in the National Achievement Test (NAT) in school year 2012-2013. Twenty-eight (28) mathematics teachers and 1159 students served as respondents in this study. Survey questionnaire and interview with the teachers and students were used for data gathering, the results of which were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way analysis of variance and post hoc analysis (Scheffe's test) computed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16.0 at 0.05 level of significance.