Lived Experiences in Performance Assessments: From the Lens of the Students in Technical Vocational Livelihood Senior High School

Aims:  The study aimed to unveil the experiences, coping mechanisms, and insights of the Senior High School students in performance assessments of the TVL track. Study Design: Qualitative-Phenomenology research design. Place and Duration of Study: Three public schools under the division of Digos City, Davao Region, Region XI, which offer a Technical-Vocational-Livelihood strand during the SY 2022-2023. Methodology: Using purposive sampling, the participants were the Senior High School students of the three identified public schools, which offer the Technical-Vocational-Livelihood track, 15 participants for the FGD and 6 participants for the IDI. Results: For the experiences, three themes emerged: troubles in task completion during performance assessment, enjoying the tasks while learning, and lack of resources and materials, while for the coping mechanisms, also three themes: self-determination and perseverance, share ideas and materials with peers and teachers and study and perform diligently and insights, three themes emerged: teamwork is the force behind every success, perseverance makes impossible-possible, and it is not about their resources, it is being resourceful. Implication: Assessment plays an integral role in teaching-learning because it will help improve the performance of each student and the school as a whole. It must be enhanced to improve its content and process significantly and to make evaluation and information a part of the teaching-learning process. These results will be a significant addition to the developing body of knowledge and literature about the impact of K to 12 in the Philippines. Other researchers may assess the effects of K to 12 and TVL curriculum or another qualitative study in other regions.