ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF GRADE THREE TEACHERS AND NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST (NAT) PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

This study aimed to determine the relationship between the English proficiency level of grade three teachers and National Achievement Test (NAT) performance of pupils. The statit The study pursued the hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between English proficiency level of grade three teachers and NAT performance of pupils in elementary schools of Los Banos District.Results revealed a moderate correlation between variables. It signifies that as the teachers’ English proficiency mean scores increase, there’s also a moderate increase in pupils NAT mean percentage scores. However, the results is not statistically significant meaning the result is only true to the given grade three pupils and 49 teachers respondents, but cannot be generalized to a larger population where the samples were taken.The researcher therefore concluded that there is no significant relationship between the level of teachers’ English proficiencies and the pupils’ NAT performance. This means that the English proficiency of teachers does not affect the NAT performance of the pupils in public elementary schools in Los Banos for the school year 2010-2014. The researcher recommended that there is a need for school to promote intensive learning for further improvement of pupil’s NAT performance and there is a need to sustain various and significant seminars and trainings that will help the teachers to learn effective strategies and techniques contributory in achieving high quality of learning and competitive learners among the public elementary schools in the District of Los Banos.