What is the average score for Russian ege. How do USE scores differ by region: student performance and regional inequality
The unified state exam in the Russian language is a required exam. In total, 616,590 people took part in the main USE exam in the Russian language in 2017 (658,392 people in 2016; 672,407 people in 2015).
The results of the exam in the Russian language in 2017 are generally comparable with the results of the exam in previous years.
On the official website of FIPI in the section "Analytical and methodological materials" published "Methodological recommendations for teachers, prepared on the basis of the analysis of typical errors of participants in the exam, 2017", here you can find information about what is the average exam score in Russian was in 2017.
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Table 1
The average exam score for the Russian language 2015 - 2017
| Year | Average test score | Range of test points | ||||
| 0–20 | 21–40 | 41–60 | 61–80 | 81–100 | ||
| 2017 | 69,06 | 0,43% | 2,62% | 23,61% | 48,30% | 25,04% |
| 2016 | 68,5 | 0,82% | 3,40% | 24,45% | 45,75% | 25,58% |
| 2015 | 66,16 | 1,69% | 4,79% | 26,98% | 46,75% | 19,80% |
Compared to 2016, the percentage of examinees who scored 100 points as a result of the exam remained unchanged - 0.5%. The share of high-grade students remains stable: 25.5% in 2016 and 25% in 2017.
In 2017, the percentage of graduates who did not pass the minimum threshold (did not receive the minimum (24) test score) decreased by 0.5%: from 0.99% (2016) to 0.54% (2017). The main reasons for the decrease in the share of such participants in the Russian language include the successful implementation of the system of Rosobrnadzor measures to improve the quality of teaching the Russian language in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Data on changes in the number and proportion of 100-point students in 2015–2017 are given in table. 2.
table 2
Statistics of the work as a whole and of individual tasks allow us to identify the main problems in the preparation of test subjects in the Russian language. As in previous years, sections of the course related to the formation of communicative competence are not well understood. The insufficiently developed skills of analytical work with the word and text, the lack of sufficient practice in analyzing language phenomena affect the quality of writing essays, reasoning. Graduates experience the greatest difficulties, using punctuation and spelling norms in written language.
On the site "Teach at school" an interesting article is presented The average score of the exam in Russian language, based on other data from the Internet.
The other day, a new wave of a unified state exam has started, and over the 8 years that the exam has been mandatory, the debate around it has not subsided. In this article, we attempt to show in dynamics the average scores of the Unified State Exam in Russian language and mathematics in the regions, and also explain why regional differences in exam results can be associated with.
The data presented here is collected from open sources. The results of the exam are obtained from regional sites of educational departments and centers for assessing the quality of education. Other indicators are collected on the websites of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Rosstat, and the Federal Treasury.
USE Results: Regional Differences
If you look at the map, you can see that the highest average scores for both the Russian language and mathematics show the regions of the Central Federal District. In 2015, the leaders in the Russian language were the Orenburg and Samara regions, as well as the Perm Territory, and in the specialized mathematics the Republic of Kalmykia, Perm Territory and Udmurtia. The lowest results, contrary to stereotypes, are observed not in the North Caucasus regions, but in the Far East.
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Of particular interest is the dynamics of the exam results in the regions. Comparing scores over years directly is incorrect - over the years, the exam has gone through many changes. For example, in 2013, during mass leaks of answers, the scores of participants in the country as a whole were higher, and in 2014, after tightening security measures, they fell. Given this, we looked at the position of the regions relative to the average score in Russia and used standardized z-values. In other words, we compared the dynamics of the regions relative to the national average. The results of the regions in 2010 and 2014 were compared, since during this period the content and structure of the exam were the most stable.
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In general, a significant (more than one standard deviation) increase over these five years in mathematics was demonstrated by 16, and in the Russian language - 11 subjects of the Russian Federation. Basically, these are the regions that in 2010 showed below average results. A significant decrease in scores occurred in mathematics at 6, and in Russian in 3 regions - where in 2010 there were fairly high scores. In subjects of the Russian Federation with average results, no significant changes in scores occurred.
Factors of regional differences in the exam results
2009-2014:
To understand what explains the results of the exam in mathematics and the Russian language in 2009 - 2014, we analyzed their relationship with a number of regional characteristics. The focus was, firstly, the role of resource provision of schools, and secondly, the role of family resources.
School resources are largely determined by government funding. If we adjust the per capita financing of schools for inflation and the differences between regions in the cost of living, then the growth of this indicator from 2006 to 2013 amounted to about 40 percent. At the same time, the maximum gap in per capita financing for the same period narrowed slightly - from 6 to 5 times. The largest increase in school funding occurred in 2012, when the “May Presidential Decrees" were adopted.
Changes in school funding are important for student outcomes. According to our estimates, regions with a higher level of per capita financing show higher average USE scores in mathematics (with an equal level of economic development, population incomes and a number of other characteristics of the regions). In the Russian language, a significant relationship between the results of the exam and per capita financing (taking into account other regional indicators) in 2009 - 2014 not detected. This can be partially explained by the fact that the social characteristics of families play a large role in the results on the Russian language.
The main share in the budget financing of schools is teacher salaries. Moreover, the dynamics of their salaries relative to the average level of wages in the region is important. In general, this dynamics was positive. The most significant increase in the relative salaries of teachers was observed in 2008 and in 2012 - 2013, a slight decrease was in 2007 and 2010.
According to our estimates, the level of teachers' salaries relative to the average salary in the region is positively related to the regional exam results in both the Russian language and mathematics. It depends on wages which teachers come to schools and with what attitude they will work. For example, a survey of school principals in a 2012 PISA study shows that teachers with higher relative salaries have higher motivation, enthusiasm, and desire for achievement.
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In addition to the state, families invest in the education of children. The resources of families are determined by their income. Our analysis shows that in regions with a high poverty level (the share of people with incomes below the subsistence level) the USE results are lower. A high level of income inequality within the region also negatively affects the average USE scores (with an equal level of budget funding for schools and a number of other regional characteristics).
In other words, family resources are also important to enhance the educational attainment of schoolchildren. At the same time, in the subjects of the Russian Federation with low incomes of the population, the resources of regional budgets are lower on average, and hence the financing of schools.
In general, at this stage of leveling the level of budget financing of schools between regions, it is not enough to even out children's scores.
2015 year:
If we talk about the results of 2015, the gap between the regions with a minimum and maximum average exam score can be 28 points in Russian and 16 in mathematics. The socio-economic characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (gross regional product, school financing per student, the proportion of the population with higher education, as well as the proportion of the urban population) account for 25 percent of the average USE score in mathematics and 34 percent for the average USE score in Russian. Children from less prosperous regions are less likely to get high exam scores than those who live in the more economically developed part of the country. Moreover, in the Russian language, this gap is somewhat larger than in mathematics.
Almost to the same extent (28 percent in mathematics and 30 percent in Russian), the average scores in the regions are explained by the characteristics of schools and teachers. It is important to consider how many children in the region go to college after grade 9, and how many remain in high school and pass the exam. As our analysis shows, in schools where less than half of the ninth graders remain in high school, the results are also higher than where the selection (or self-selection) of children is less stringent.
Teacher characteristics are also important. In all regions, teachers with completed higher education prevail, however, where there are more than 80 percent of such teachers, the results of the exam are higher. But the relationship between the results and the teacher category was not so straightforward - the highest results were among graduates in regions where the proportion of teachers with the highest category ranged from 22 to 30 percent.
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Thus, our analysis shows how students from different regions do not have equal chances for high USE scores. By the way, the average results of Moscow schoolchildren in the USE are 13 points in specialized mathematics and 5 points in the Russian language higher than among students from the Republic of Buryatia.
In general, the economic and educational characteristics of the regions determine the USE scores by 64 percent in Russian and 53 percent in mathematics. At the same time, these factors are outside the sphere of influence of teachers and schools themselves, therefore, it is incorrect to evaluate them by this result.
conclusions
As our analysis shows, in Russia there are quite large regional differences in the educational results of schoolchildren. These differences can determine the future fate of children, including affecting admission to universities.
This difference is largely due to the degree to which students are provided with educational resources. Inequality of resources exists both at the family level and at the level of state funding for schools. Often one accompanies the other.
Our analysis does not take into account variations in the single exam scores within the regions, although this task seems extremely useful in developing educational policy measures. Such an analysis requires access to anonymized USE data for researchers. In developed countries, the results of such tests are used to analyze and develop managerial decisions, and it is important to use this experience in Russia as well.
The Unified State Exam as an objective tool for assessing school graduates has shown the existence of problems with inequality in education. It is impossible to blame all the responsibility for solving this problem on the exam itself or on teachers. Aligning educational opportunities is a public policy task.
Rosobrnadzor summed up the main and additional stage of the exam in 2017. In general, statistics show that this year’s graduates managed to exams more successfully than last year. About 620 thousand people took part in the exam.
The number of losers was halved. This, for example, happened on a history exam. In other subjects, the numbers vary, but there are really fewer unsatisfactory jobs: in biology - by 0.3%, in chemistry - by 1.1%, in literature - by 1.5%, in physics - by 2%, in social studies - by 4%, in foreign languages \u200b\u200b- by 25%.
The number of participants who scored from 80 to 100 points at the USE in 2017 increased by 2%.
Rosobrnadzor does not lose sight of talented graduates who managed to score the highest score in three subjects at once. This year there were six such guys: two from Yekaterinburg and one each from St. Petersburg, Penza, Perm and Kurgan. In 2016, there were only three three hundred points: from Olenegorsk (Murmansk region), Kemerovo and Kirov.
The number of write-off violations decreased by a quarter compared to the previous year. However, "gets" not only graduates, but also teachers. So, in Ingushetia, the school principal was fired for trying to help students on the exam. In all regions, teachers are fired pointwise for accidentally ringing a phone during the USE, as well as for "overlooking" students who brought their phone to the exam. Such cases of exponential reprisal (even over honored teachers with twenty years of experience) are sometimes puzzling.
But as for the scandals, this year they fell not at the time of passing the exam, but on appeal. Throughout the country, exam participants complain of gross non-compliance with the rules of appeal.
In some regions, the conflict committee decided to change the scores even before the start of the procedure, and it notified the graduates after the fact (without the right to appeal, since all scores were already inscribed in the final document; naturally, there’s no question of the graduate’s signature next to the final grade and speech did not go). In other cases, the organizers prevented both the submission of the appeal statement and the personal attendance of the exam participant (for example, "forgetting" to indicate the date or deliberately preventing the documents necessary for the presence from being signed). Alumni also complained that their arguments were not taken into account, and the written justification of the appeal was refused to be filed. The experts did their best to maintain the original score, referring to non-existent assessment criteria and finding fault with the little things that did not affect the scoring at all. All this caused a wave of indignation among graduates and their loved ones. An appeal to the Unified State Examination hotline also did not bring any results, since at the opposite end, upset parents were told that "the procedure for holding a meeting of the conflict commission will not be disputed."
Glaring injustice in relation to the appellants, as well as negligence in the initial inspection of the work - this is what we will remember about the exam in 2017.
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On June 22, on the official website of the Unified State Exam, the results of the Unified State Exam 2017 in Russian according to passport data became known.
An exciting time has come for graduates of 11th grades - they get acquainted with the results of the Unified State Exam 2017 in the main compulsory subject, which is the Russian language. It is known that this exam, students for whom very soon the school will remain in the past, passed the test on June 9th. It should be noted that about 628 thousand people applied for participation in the main period, and 5.4 thousand points of examinations were involved in the exam both in the Russian Federation and abroad.
This year, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources and Health and Social Development announced the results of the Unified State Examination 5 days earlier, that is, June 22, which the department’s head Sergey Kravtsov announced on Monday at a press conference. Prior to this, it was planned that the results of the exam will be known on the 27th.
“This has never happened in history,” said Sergey Kravtsov.
In accordance with the data of the regions, the exam passed as usual. There were no leaks of control measuring materials on the Internet, the head of Rosobrnadzor said.
Rosobrnadzor said that in 2017, the minimum threshold for obtaining a certificate of 24 points was not overcome by 0.5% of participants in the exam in the Russian language.
“The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science has summarized the preliminary results of the exam in the Russian language, which was held on the main date for passing the exam on June 9th. Almost 617 thousand people became participants in the exam. The minimum threshold for obtaining a certificate of 24 points was not overcome by 0.5% of exam participants (in 2016 their number was 1%), ”the Ministry informed.
The press service also noted that the average mark on the exam in the Russian language this year is comparable to last year's result.
“This year, the trend remains to improve results in compulsory subjects. The proportion of graduates who were left without certificates decreased by almost one and a half times, and this is not taking into account the results of upcoming retakes. These results testify to the success of the project “I will pass the exam” and are the result of serious targeted work that was carried out with lagging students in the regions and municipalities, where the results of past examinations revealed serious problems with the level of school education, ”said the head of Rosobrnadzor Sergey Kravtsov.
The fastest way to find out the results of the exam in 2017 is on the Internet. The exam results are available on the official website of the Unified State Exam, which is located at ege.edu.ru. In order to find out the results of examinations in the Russian language and other subjects, you need to enter the passport data of the graduate, the registration code for the exam, indicate the region and agree to the processing of the entered data.
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It is known that the completed main period of the exam in 2017 continues to reserve days for the delivery of all subjects of the exam, which will be held from June 20 to July 1. Graduates who graduated from schools last year and students who received an unsatisfactory result in one of the required subjects will be able to pass exams in this period.