Unified State Examination Choose Your Future National

Unified State Examination – Choose Your Future National Assessment in Russia Sergey Kravtsov, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science Moscow, October 15

EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN RUSSIA National Monitoring Research Primary school National monitoring National tests Secondary school State Final Examination (SFE-GIA 9) National monitoring National tests Upper secondary school Unified State Examination (USE, GIA 11 - EGE) 2 National monitoring National tests Evaluation of educators (teachers and principals)

KEY CHALLENGES 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) 3

SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS IN RUSSIA GIA 9 – basic form of compulsory exam after 9 th grade, secondary school in Russia EGE – high school final and university entrance exam taken upon completion of 11 th grade. Introduced in 2009. 4

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) 5

Key statistics: EGE 2015 85 regions of Russia 52 foreign countries where Russian citizens live 5700 exam testing centers 50% Over chose social science as vocation-related subject 6 725, 000 graduates passed exam Best results are shown in Russian and English languages: average score is 65, 9

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 foreign language exam) free registration for exam 7

UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION (EGE) Security measures Ban 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” 8

UNIFIED STATE EXAMINATION Operational Data Centre Videoconference with regions Video wall with online broadcast from the USE Operative information support, educational presentations Call-center Online observers 9

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) 10

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 11