Moscow, October 15

Unified State Examination – Choose Your Future

Sergey Kravtsov, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision

in Education and Science

National Assessment in Russia

EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN RUSSIA

Primary school

National Monitoring Research

Secondary school

Upper secondary school

Evaluation of educators (teachers and

principals)

State Final Examination (SFE-GIA9)

Unified State Examination (USE,

GIA11- EGE)

National monitoring

National monitoring

National tests

National tests

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National monitoring

National tests

Objective and transparent evaluation

Social mobility (regardless of location and social status, graduates can enter institutions of higher learning)

Access to education (special conditions for people with health limitations)

KEY CHALLENGES

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SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS IN RUSSIA

GIA 9 – basic form of compulsory exam after 9th grade, secondary school in Russia

EGE – high school final and university entrance exam taken upon completion of 11th grade. Introduced in 2009.

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STATE FINAL EXAMINATION (GIA 9)

Regional authorities are responsible for conducting the state final examination

Russian language and mathematics are mandatory to receive a certificate of Basic General Education

Four exams required starting in 2016 (two exams selected by student)

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Best results are shown in Russian and English languages: average score is

65,9

Key statistics:EGE 2015

85 regions of Russia 52

foreign countries where Russian citizens live

5700 exam testing centers

725,000graduates passed exam

Over 50% chose social science as vocation-related subject

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UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION (EGE)

2 compulsory subjects – Russian, mathematics (basic and advanced) and elective subjects (minimum 1)

Key procedural information:unified schedule (whole country takes test on same days)

uniform rules

standard application form (KIM)

extended answer formats (trend away from multiple choice)

written exam taken in Russian nationwide (except for foreign language exam)

free registration for exam

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UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION (EGE)

Security measuresBan on communication tools (e.g. phones, watches with internet access, tablets), inspection on entrance, metal detectors

Video surveillance, special online portal smotri.ege.ru

Different exam exercises for various time zones, special delivery, printing of exam forms on the spot

Inter-regional cross-grading

Monitoring of social networks (tracking no exam materials have been posted)

Awareness-raising campaign – posters, brochures /advice of psychologists /hotline

Campaign 2014 – "For A Fair USE"

Campaign 2015 – "USE – The Choice of the Future”

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UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION

Operational Data CentreVideoconference with regions

Video wall with online broadcast from the USE

Operative information support, educational presentations

Call-center

Online observers

SPECIFICS OF THE UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION

Unified State Examination – both final and entrance exam

Short or extended response questions

Special conditions for people in hospitals and with health limitations

Special exercises for blind and partially sighted people (braille)

Online observers (over 2000)

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OTHER ASSESSMENT TOOLS

National tests

Independent research on educational quality

Participation in international researches (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS, TALIS)

Goals and objectives:

Improve national system of educational assessment at every stage of the learning process

Develop a common educational space in the Russian Federation

Promote effective management in education

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