Chinese schoolchildren take state exams (gaokao) for two days in a row: on the first day they take compulsory subjects (Chinese, mathematics, and a foreign language), and on the second, elective subjects (either three subjects in social studies or three subjects in science ). The Chinese system of uniform examination is often associated with a growing number of clinical depression and suicide among young people.

In South Korea, airplanes do not land on state exam days so that their noise does not distract students. In Brazil, the standardized exam is paid and optional. In Germany, for admission to universities, applicants go through several dozen preparatory courses and pass four exams.

What do we have? And we have the Unified State Exam, and, you see, this is not the worst option in comparison with some exams of foreign students. To successfully pass the unified state exam, it is enough to know the requirements and follow the changes in the current academic year. The methodologists of the center for preparation for the Unified State Exam "Five with Plus" tell you what you need to know about the Unified State Exam in 2018.

What remains the same

2018 is passing calmly, under the sign of stability: the head of Rosobrnadzor, Sergei Kravtsov, said that the USE procedure is already well established, that knowledge decides everything, and no significant changes are expected.

The official exam schedule has been approved and, as before, will be held in three waves:

The full subject schedule can be viewed. Applications for participation in the Unified State Exam are submitted before February 1; For those who did not have time to submit an application, it is difficult to get the opportunity to pass the exam, but it is possible. But schoolchildren have nothing to worry about - the school took care of their timely registration.

As before, two subjects remain compulsory for school graduates - Russian and mathematics (basic for a certificate, profile for admission to a university). Demonstration versions of the Unified State Exam 2018 are available. Remember that the assignments from the demo versions will definitely not be on the exam forms, but they will be the same. And to draw up a plan for preparing for the exams, use the codifiers from the FIPI - they provide a complete list of topics necessary for studying.

In the room where the exam takes place, you can take:

• medicines and food (if necessary);

  teaching aids (in mathematics - a ruler; in physics - a ruler and a non-programmable calculator; in chemistry - a non-programmable calculator; in geography - a ruler, protractor, non-programmable calculator);

  USE participants with disabilities, disabled children and disabled children can take special technical equipment with them.

  It will be possible to check the results of the USE in 2018 using the official online service or on the State Services.

Of the compulsory subjects, changes affected the Russian language, but mathematics did not present any surprises. Of the electives, biology and history remained unchanged. In a foreign language, the changes are also insignificant and concern only the wording and evaluation criteria.

General changes

Examination materials for the Unified State Exam 2018 will be printed directly in the classroom, and not sent to schools before exams. Exam forms and test materials will be black and white and one-sided. Exam participants need to fill out the forms only on one side - the reverse side will not be checked.

Russian language: plus literacy

One task was added on the knowledge of lexical norms and the ability to recognize speech errors. Now there are 26 tasks. In some places, the wording has been clarified: for example, in the essay now it is necessary to specifically formulate the position of the author. The maximum primary score for completing all work has been increased from 57 to 58.

Literature: plus one more topic

Introduced the fourth topic for a mini-essay (according to the latest literature) in task No. 17. For tasks with a detailed answer No. 9 and 16, you can now get 10 points, and for No. 8 and 15 - 5 points. All of these tasks now take into account speech errors. The maximum score for all work has been increased from 42 to 57 points.

Social studies: plus logic

In social science, the assessment system for 28 tasks (response plan) has changed. It is recommended to pay more attention to tasks on the logical relationship of concepts, since in task number 29 (essay) one point was added for logic, relationship of concepts. CMM as such has not changed, the assessment criteria have changed. The maximum primary score for completing all work has been increased from 62 to 64.

Physics: plus astrophysics

In the first part, the number of tasks increased - 24 instead of 23. The additional task of the first part tests the assimilation of the basic concepts of the elements of astrophysics. Correct performance of this task with a record of the answer in the form of a sequence of numbers is estimated at 2 primary points. Otherwise, the thematic belonging of the tasks of the first and second parts and the assessment system of tasks remain the same. The maximum primary point for the completion of all work is increased from 50 to 52 points.

Chemistry: plus a task

The total number of USE tasks in chemistry has increased to 35 due to the addition of a sixth task in the second part. Tasks with a general context have been introduced: No. 30 and No. 31. Here, the assimilation of material on the topic "Redox reactions" and "Ion exchange reactions" is checked. But the maximum primary score remained the same due to changes in the assessment scale - 60 points.

Computer Science: C ++

In tasks 8, 11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, the code examples are now written not in C, but in C ++.

Nobody was going to cancel the exam

Despite many rumors, there will be no cancellation of the unified state examination in the near future. To do this, it will be necessary to completely redraw the secondary education system, change the algorithm for admission to universities. Talk that the USE in grade 11 in 2018 will become the same as before, in Soviet times is an idle fiction. Moreover, at least until 2025, it is not planned to abandon the already familiar procedure.

But a responsible business needs constant improvement. The main news about the Unified State Exam in 2018 is associated with an increase in the number of certification disciplines. In the coming year, the Yellow Dog will most likely have to pass 4 exams. The final decision will be made in March. The Russian language and mathematics are inviolable, but the introduction of the compulsory USE in English in 2018 can be expected.

On a note! There will be no oral part of the exam in Russian. Test "speaking" will be conducted on the GIA in grade 9 in three regions of the Russian Federation.

Grand plans

Test questions, which left a chance for an accidental correct hit, are gradually replaced by more creative tasks. So, in mathematics, you need not only to correctly solve an example, but also to build an algorithm. When answering a ticket in the Russian language, not only a competent answer is important for the overall score, but also the consistency of reasoning, the adequacy of thinking, knowledge of the rules of vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation. The exam in history 2018 implies not only memorizing dates, but also understanding the mechanisms of certain historical processes.

Experts agree on what compulsory subjects are included in the USE 2018. Most believe that Russian and mathematics will still remain untouchable, and there will be no additions this year. But just in case, it is necessary to prepare in depth in other subjects. At least for the sake of the fact that by 2019 6 exams are planned - 3 compulsory and 3 at the discretion of the student. Even a 4 + 2 scheme is possible. Those subjects that are most often rented out to choose from, namely:

• history;
• Social Studies;
• physics;
• foreign language;
• geography.

Important! On the foreign exam, you can demonstrate knowledge of English, French, German, Spanish. Italian, Japanese, Chinese will be added to this list by 2020.

How will they take the exam in 2018

The basic attestation rules have remained unchanged. To prepare you need not only to study diligently, but also to attend additional classes, and, if necessary, work with a tutor. Moreover, this must be done not during the last six months, but during the 10th and 11th grade. It is important by this time to determine the direction of further education in order to understand which disciplines require increased attention.

It is convenient to track operational changes in the Unified State Exam 2018 on the FIPI website. Here are the forms of examination forms, typical examples from the assignments of previous years are given, you can see demos and videos. The basic rules have remained unchanged. The exams start at 10:00 local time. You cannot bring anything with you, except for a fountain pen, passport and water. 3 hours 55 minutes are given for Russian and mathematics.

Remember! On the exam, the psychological attitude of the student is very important. On the eve, the student needs to go to bed early, have a hearty breakfast in the morning, and parents do not tire of inspiring the child with confidence in ultimate success.

Unlike last year, when materials on a number of subjects underwent revolutionary changes (the "guessing game" was excluded from them), the changes in the USE-2018 are in most cases of a "cosmetic" nature - we are talking about clarifying the wording and criteria, adding individual tasks etc. Fundamental changes await only those passing literature - but even in this case, they concern the assessment system, and not the exam model as a whole.

No significant adjustments are expected in the general attestation rules. Despite the circulating rumors, new compulsory subjects will not appear in 2018, and the FIPI is not announcing an oral exam in the Russian language either.

Will there be changes in the exam in Russian language and mathematics

Compulsory for all eleventh graders in 2018 are two USEs - in mathematics and the Russian language.

Maths is still divided into two levels: profile and "lightweight" basic, and KIMs will be the same as in 2017, without innovations and additions.

The Unified State Exam in Russian has undergone minor changes: in the part with short answers, there was a task number 20, aimed at testing the knowledge of lexical norms. For its successful execution, you need to find a lexical error in a small piece of text. The level of the assignment is considered basic, but despite its apparent simplicity, it requires a good linguistic flair and can cause problems for many graduates.

The new assignment is estimated at one point, and, accordingly, the maximum possible primary score in Russian will slightly increase and will no longer be 56, but 57 points.

Changes in the USE in literature: a fundamentally new assessment system

Earlier, FIPI announced the introduction in 2018 of a fundamentally new USE model in literature - it was planned to completely exclude blocks with short answers from it. However, this did not happen - the revolutionary model is still under discussion, and the demo versions of 2018 at first glance do not differ much from the tasks of previous years. However, the changes in the assessment system are radical and, apparently, "prepare the ground" for the transition to the new model.

The maximum primary score for literature increased from 42 to 57, moreover, the number of points for tasks with short answers remained unchanged (maximum 12), that is, the "share" of this part and its significance is significantly reduced.

Wherein assignment grading system with detailed answers has undergone very big changes:

• the maximum score for tasks 8 and 15 (analysis of the work) rose from 4 to 5;


• comparative mini-compositions in tasks 9 and 16 “increased in price” from 4 to 10 points, while the requirement to substantiate the choice of works was excluded from the task;


• a detailed essay in task 17 can bring the examiner not 14, but 15 points.

Thus, the ability to consider a literary work “in context” and convincingly compare the works of different authors becomes key for graduates - two comparative essays in total can bring more points than a “large” essay, which was previously the main focus.

Significantly changed and work evaluation criteria... In particular, much more attention will be paid to compliance with speech norms - this criterion is now in all tasks with detailed answers.

And one more fundamental addition to KIMs for literature. For writing an extended essay, not three topics are proposed, but four, corresponding to three thematic blocks:

• based on works written up to the 1st half of the 19th century inclusive;


• literature of the second half of the 19th century;


• from the end of the XIX to the beginning of the XXI century.

Accordingly, one of the blocks can be represented by two topics - and for the first time in the USE in literature, they can affect works of contemporary Russian authors... Note that the codifier does not contain a list of specific works of post-Soviet literature that are mandatory for reading, and the teaching materials directly indicate that students can disclose such topics in works of their own choice. In the demo version of the Unified State Exam for Literature-2018, the following option is given as an example: “ Pages of Russian history in the latest Russian literature. (On the example of one or two works of the 1990s - 2000s)».

Changes in the Unified State Exam in Social Studies in 2018

The structure and content of the most popular elective exam remain the same, but two tasks - 28 (drawing up a detailed plan) and 29 (essays) will be assessed according to the new criteria, while their "cost" will increase.

When drawing up a plan for a given topic more attention will now be paid to how specific the points of the plan are, and whether they allow to reveal the issue on the merits. "Abstract" formulations such as "history of the issue" that do not reflect the specifics of the topic will no longer be counted. Drawing up such a plan will require a deeper knowledge of the topic - but the successful completion of the assignment may bring not 3 points, but 4 points.

Alternative mini-essay on social studies"Has risen in price" to 6 points, and the assessment criteria now make it possible to more accurately assess the knowledge of the theory of the issue by the graduate. Task 29 is now evaluated according to the following criteria:

• the meaning of the original quote is correctly revealed (1 point);


• highlighting in the context of each thesis key concepts, basic theoretical provisions, reasoning and conclusions (2 points);


• scientific correctness of statements (1 point);


• the quality of the examples selected to illustrate theoretical positions (2 points).

The maximum primary score for this exam rises accordingly from 62 to 64.

USE in history - no adjustments, surrender by choice

KIMs-2018 in history will fully correspond to last year, no additions are expected. History remains a subject of choice - according to the Ministry of Education, if this subject becomes mandatory, it will not be until 2020, and only after comprehensive discussion and "testing". And this by no means will be an unpleasant surprise for graduates.

Changes in the exam in chemistry: tasks with a single context

At KIMs in chemistry in 2018 one more task will be added of high complexity with a detailed answer (No. 30), the total number of tasks will thus increase from 34 to 35.

In this case, tasks 30 and 31 will be combined into a single context block: to solve them, you will need to select substances from a single list. The first of these tasks will be devoted to redox reactions, the second - to ion exchange reactions, each will be able to bring 2 points.

At the same time, the maximum primary score will remain the same - 60, due to a decrease in the "cost" of several tasks from the first part of the examination materials.

Unified State Exam in a foreign language - clarification of criteria

In 2018, the “assortment” of languages ​​for passing the exam still includes English, French, German and Spanish. The exam model as a whole will not change - it will continue to include written and oral parts, and KIMs will remain the same. Changes will affect only the wording of the assessment criteria tasks 39 (a letter of a personal nature) and 40 (essay-reasoning) - they are clarified and concretized.

Unified State Exam in Informatics - Small Changes

Despite the fact that for several years now we have been talking about the fact that it would be logical to use computer technology at the Unified State Exam in Informatics, in 2018 this subject will continue to be passed "the old fashioned way", in writing, without the use of additional equipment and with an emphasis on theoretical issues.

The structure of the exam will remain the same, however tasks will undergo some changes:

• when completing task 25, it will no longer be possible to choose a natural language for writing an algorithm (this option turned out to be unclaimed by graduates and was used extremely rarely);


• 
  programs that were previously cited in C are now written in the more popular C ++ language.

Unified State Exam in Physics - a new task has been added

Physics exam materials in 2018 will be updated another basic level assignment(№ 24), due to which the primary score will increase from 50 to 52. To successfully complete the task, the student must demonstrate knowledge of the elements of astrophysics.

Biology and geography - no change

Graduates who take these subjects by choice can safely prepare for the Unified State Exam based on materials from previous years - there will be no changes in CMMs.

What will be the changes in the OGE (GIA) in 2018

The OGE exams (GIA), which ninth-graders take, change less often - so, last year there were no changes in them at all, in 2018 FIPI plans to make adjustments to the examination materials in only two subjects:

• maths,


• literature.

Mathematics(which is passed by all ninth-graders without exception) the changes will be rather formal: the section devoted to real mathematics will disappear - but the tasks included in it will be divided into "Algebra" and "Geometry".

KIMs for literature have undergone a more significant revision, concerning the instructions for the exam as a whole, and recommendations for the implementation of specific tasks (the model itself remained the same).

The assessment criteria for assignments with detailed answers have also been revised - now they are more consistent with the criteria of the USE in the eleventh grade. Due to this, the maximum primary score of the OGE in literature "grew" from 23 to 29.

The education system in Russia is constantly changing. This is due to many factors, including the fact that every day new discoveries appear in many areas of science, as well as general changes in the dynamics of everyday life, require different skills, abilities and way of thinking from a modern person. The main criterion for assessing knowledge in Russia, which is provided by compulsory secondary education, is the Unified State Exam, which in 2018 will be affected by some changes. We will talk about them today.

Compulsory subjects for passing the exam in 2018

As in recent years, students completing secondary education in 2018 will take two compulsory exams: mathematics (profile and basic) and Russian... These two exams are required to obtain a certificate. The rest of the USE subjects, graduates take on a voluntary basis, that is, the student can choose the exam independently. This approach helps students to prefer a subject that: 1) either is closest to the graduate, that is, he considers it the easiest, or 2) he will need this subject when entering a certain university.

USE subjects to choose from

It should be noted that the following disciplines can be classified as optional subjects of the Unified State Exam in 2018: physics, chemistry, history, social studies, computer science and ICT, biology, geography, foreign languages, and literature.

At the moment, the most frequently chosen subject of choice is history. The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation is supportive of such an undertaking, because knowledge of this subject is very important for a modern person. Another part of the students is trying to pass social studies, this is the second most popular subject. Physics is in the top three of the optional subjects chosen by students for delivery. It is taken by those graduates who are guided by admission to technical or engineering universities.

USE 2018: changes and innovations

Just a year ago, the State Duma said that the Unified State Exam would undergo powerful changes. It was assumed that the existing testing system cannot correctly assess the knowledge of graduates, therefore, some results in the end do not correspond to the truth. In this regard, some opponents of educational innovations opposed the USE and advocated its abolition. Now we know for sure that in 2018 and in the future, the unified state examination will not be canceled... But some changes are definitely awaiting him.

Graduates who will graduate from school in the 2017-2018 academic year should understand that the final changes to the USE will be known no earlier than at the end of 2017 - at the beginning of 2018, this is how the educational system in Russia works.

The Unified State Exam (USE) became the only form of final exams for schools for a long time - in 2009, and it was first tested at the turn of the millennium. The rules of the exam are constantly being adjusted, making schoolchildren and their parents worry every year.

It has been known for a long time that the USE system will face big changes. Dmitry Livanov, the former head of the Ministry of Education, was the first to announce this. The new head of the department, Olga Vasilyeva, also said in her first interviews that the course towards transformations will be supported. The reform will continue for several years, and the USE 2018-19 will be no exception.

USE 2018-19: changes and news

The first thing that worries all schoolchildren: those who are preparing for graduation, and those who are just starting their studies, is the question "Will the USE be canceled in 2019?" Both the current Minister of Education and the previous one gave an answer to it: too much effort has been invested in the state examination system itself to talk about its abolition now. The Unified State Exam has shown itself to be an excellent system for testing the knowledge of graduates, giving objective and accurate assessments of the level of knowledge of students.

Therefore, in the present tense we can only talk about the further reform of the USE, about its transformations and changes. If the quantity and quality of the latter cause heated debate, then the cancellation of the USE in 2019, as well as in the subsequent ones, will definitely not happen.

Compulsory USE subjects 2018-19

How many subjects to take for the exam 2018-19? This question is of great concern to today's high school students. And there are grounds for such concern, or, more correctly, there were. The fact is that in an interview, the previous Minister of Education Dmitry Litvinov said that by 2018 the number of subjects on the exam will increase to six. In 2017, according to him, a third was to be added to the number of compulsory exams, and in 2018 - a fourth plus two elective exams, for a total of six. But with the coming to power of a new minister - Olga Vasilyeva - the strategy of reforming the Unified State Exam has also changed.

The fact that a third should be added to the two compulsory subjects that exist today has been talked about for a long time - the first rumors appeared in 2014. However, so far no action has been taken on this score. And even after the end of the 2016-2017 academic year, graduates will still take three exams - two compulsory and one optional.

However, in 2019, that is, at the end of the 2018-2019 academic year, the third required exam is likely to increase. This was said back in 2015, and officials from the Ministry of Education and Science confirm this. It remains only to decide which subject will be included in the top three.

Today history is considered the favorite among all other school disciplines. Even the president spoke in favor of the subject, noting that today the knowledge of the native history of schoolchildren leaves much to be desired. As the minister noted, making the discipline one of those for which compulsory exams are passed will increase interest in science and force both students and teachers to pay more attention to the subject. Whether this is so - time will tell.

Social studies are in second place in popularity. According to FIPI statistics, schoolchildren choose this subject more often than others - about a third of students take social studies as an elective exam. However, after the reform, the exam became somewhat more difficult, and therefore it is no longer possible to assert that social studies is a simple subject.

Physics is in third place. Fans of engineering universities speak out for this subject. Orientation to the exact sciences has long agitated the minds of education officials, but for many schoolchildren, physics turns out to be too complex and difficult to study a subject. Given this, it is impossible to argue that the discipline will be included in the number of mandatory ones.

Today, it is impossible to say with precision what compulsory subjects are included in the exam 2018-19. So far, only one thing is firmly known - the Russian language and mathematics will have to be passed in any case.

Latest news

Since taking office, the new Minister of Education gave several lengthy interviews at once, where a lot of attention was paid to the questions of the Unified State Exam. Vasilyeva confirmed that the course towards transforming the USE, taken under the previous leader, is still relevant. However, the minister is a fan of gradual change, smooth reform, rather than abrupt innovations. In addition, Vasilyeva said that before introducing any global changes in the Unified State Exam, they will certainly be brought to the attention of the public. Thus, it is worth hoping that the structure of the USE will not undergo large-scale transformations in 2019. However, the planned changes will still take place.

Speaking about the changes, first of all, we mean the reforming of the Unified State Exam in literature. The new model of the exam has already been announced by the FIPI, and you can familiarize yourself with a demo version of the KIM on the department's website. So, what new USE in literature will bring in 2019, will schoolchildren write an essay, and how difficult will the exam be?

Tasks with short answers will be excluded. Some time ago the literature lost its test part; questions with a choice of one correct answer out of four were replaced with short answer questions. This part focuses on terminology testing - examiners must ensure that students are proficient in all of the terms used in the discipline. However, the new minister said that from 2019, literature will become a more creative subject, and therefore there is no need for a special "terminological" part.

Simplification of the task for the analysis of the work. The second type of assignment is a kind of mini-essay, when the text presented in the KIM had to be compared with two others that the student must remember on his own. From 2018, students will only need to provide one text for analysis.

An increase in the number of topics for essays. Until 2018, schoolchildren were offered only three topics to choose from for writing an essay. After the reform, the number of topics will increase to four or even five.

Increase the volume of the essay. Today the minimum length of an essay is 200 words. As of 2018, it should be at least 250 words long.

The appearance of grades for the essay. Today, as you know, there are only two criteria for an examination essay - "passed" or "not passed". In 2019, it is planned to introduce a grading scale for this block of the exam - now the essay will be graded according to the five-point system familiar to schoolchildren.

The new USE model in literature is now being tested in 44 regions and, if the result is satisfactory, it will become the main one in 2019.

Unified State Exam in a foreign language

The Ministry of Education decided that in 2018 a foreign language will still not be included in the list of compulsory subjects. Moreover, the discussions on this matter are very fierce, since everyone understands how important a foreign language is for building a career.

As a result, to date, it has been decided that a foreign language will become a mandatory exam only for the Unified State Examination in 2022.

In the meantime, those 11-graders who want to be certified on it, choose a foreign one as an additional exam.

At the exam 2019, the choice of languages ​​will be as follows:

• English;
• German;
• French;
• Spanish;
• Chinese.

The Chinese language entered the program after successful mock exams were held in Amur schools in 2016.

USE 2018-19 in Crimea and Sevastopol

It is already known for sure that the Unified State Exam 2018-19 in Crimea and Sevastopol will be voluntary. Moreover, this is the last year of such preferences.

Peninsula school graduates can choose between taking the Unified State Exam and the classic final and university entrance exams.

Meanwhile, statistics show that over the past year in Sevastopol, 84% of graduates chose the Unified State Exam, and, in general, in Crimea, the figure is much lower - 34%.

Outcomes

There will be changes in the USE in 2018-19 - Vasilyeva herself and officials of various departments in charge of this issue speaks about this. However, it is too early to talk about exactly what these changes will be - accurate information will appear only in the second half of 2018.