The early stage of passing the exams is scheduled for March 22 - April 6. Geography and computer science will be the first subjects to be taken at early stage. It should be noted that at least 1-2 days will pass between exams. From April 9, students will be able to retake one of the subjects, or finish the one that was delivered on the same day as another exam being passed. The main stage is scheduled for May 28 - after last call on Saturday the 26th. Pass exams according to the preliminary USE schedule 2018 students will start with geography. Then, on May 30 - basic mathematics. After the base, graduates will pass tests in physics, specialized mathematics, Russian language and other subjects. On the last days the schedule includes oral exams in foreign languages. And here is the timetable reserve days the main stage has shifted to July itself. Now the last reserve day is scheduled for July 29th. It will be possible to retake the necessary items on September 4 and 7.

Changes

Information about the changes begins to appear on official websites. It:

• The test part and questions with a short answer will be reduced or removed altogether;
• The number of complex tasks and assignments will increase increased complexity;
• The total number of tasks will decrease;
• There will be more tasks with graphs and tables.
• Literature

Changes should be expected in the exam in literature. It is planned to reduce or remove tasks with a short answer, focused on knowledge of terminology. Emphasis will be placed on creative tasks- writing an essay, for example. But there will be more topics for writing - not three, as in previous years, but four or even five. This will greatly facilitate the writing of essays for graduates. But you should not rejoice too much - the volume of the essay will also be increased. Previously, the volume was 200 words, and now 250. In the analysis of the work, the text presented to schoolchildren will now need to be compared with only one other, which they must remember on their own, and not with two, as it was before.

• Foreign

As for foreign languages, English will soon become mandatory. But selective remain Spanish, German and French. But due to the demand for the Chinese language, trial exams on Chinese, and already in 2018 it can be included in the number of selective ones. The same goes for Italian and Japanese.

• Biology

In the exam in biology there will be no tasks with a choice of answers. But the number of tasks with diagrams, graphs and tables will increase to 11. Previously, there were only 4 of them. The part with increased complexity of tasks will also become more complicated - instead of 1 difficult task there will be three. Total number assignments will decrease from 40 to 28. Graduates are not at all happy about this.

• Informatics

Informatics and ICT will be taken on computers, there will be no tasks of easy complexity - only tasks of medium and high complexity will remain. Passing the exam on computers will provide an opportunity to test graduates on logical thinking, ability to work with schemes, tables and basic programs.

• Chemistry

As already mentioned in the news for today from Rosobrnadzor, tasks with a short answer, or with a choice of answers, will be removed. This also applies to chemistry exams. The simplest tests are completely removed. The total number of tasks has changed from 40 to 34. Even easy tasks will be worth 2 points. Whether these changes are good or vice versa is a moot point and each graduate decides for himself. By the way, Rosobranadzor is considering an interview for admission to the Russian language exam, and for cheating, increase the non-admission to retake from 1 year to 2.

• Russian

Not strong changes occurred in the exam in social studies, mathematics and a foreign language. In Russian, in addition to the first part with writing an answer and the second part with writing an essay, it is planned to add a third part. “Speaking” is a real innovation in the Russian language exam. There was nothing like this before, but now graduates have to answer questions asked and justify your answer. This task is aimed at testing the ability to formulate their thoughts and express them correctly. It remains to be seen whether this will make life easier for graduates.

• Geography

The simplest tests were removed from the exam paper in geography. Most difficult tasks relate to sex and age categories of the population, migration processes. For successful delivery exam in the head should have a lot of knowledge about the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and other areas, as well as knowledge about weather conditions and climates different countries and continents.

• Physics

The exam in physics has become much more difficult. Previously, graduates could score a sufficient number of points on the test tasks, but now they are not at all. There are more experiences, moreover, graduates must select the equipment themselves, and also understand it. According to science officials, this could "scare off" students who chose technical universities for admission. This information is also available on the FIPI website.

News

The Minister of Education noted that graduates, having chosen those subjects that they need for admission, abandon other subjects. In this case, between 4-7 subjects passed on average by students and those that do not pass, there is a very large gap in the difference in the knowledge base. The level of knowledge of graduates thereby decreases. Schoolchildren forget that knowledge of all subjects is necessary and, passing one list of subjects, one should not forget about the rest. So, from 2020 to the list compulsory subjects will be added foreign language. In the latest news, it was announced that the measures against cheating will be tightened.

Required subjects can be:

• Story
• Social science
• Physics
• English language

How many exams to take?

An innovation in the USE 2018 is expected in the form of adding history to the required subjects. Although until spring things can still change and social studies or physics in general can be a mandatory exam. But it’s worth waiting for the replenishment of the list of mandatory subjects. In total, 3 compulsory subjects, 2 mandatory electives - 5 subjects will be taken by eleventh-graders in 2018. And this is the minimum.

The previous Minister of Education gave children and their parents a reason to worry - he said that the number of subjects handed over to the Unified State Examination will increase to 6. Of these, 4 will be compulsory and 2 will be optional. On the this moment nothing was done and no compulsory subjects were added. The need for this innovation is also noted by the president, who claims that the level of knowledge of the history of their country among schoolchildren is very weak. If history becomes a compulsory subject in the USE, then both students and their teachers will take it more seriously and pay more attention to it.

History is followed by social science. About a third of graduates choose it to pass as an additional exam. And this is not surprising, society is not the most difficult subject, and there are a lot of areas where an exam in social studies is required for admission. After a series of transformations in the social studies exam, it is no longer possible to say that it is one of the easiest. One thing is for sure - if social science is added to the list of compulsory subjects, the tasks will become much more difficult. Applicants technical universities they want to see physics as the third compulsory subject, but the Ministry of Education considers this impossible. Physics has always been and remains one of the most difficult subjects, and if some can master it, then it is extremely difficult for others and passing the exam on it seems to be something impossible.

Conclusion

Graduates of 2018 should prepare themselves for passing at least 5 subjects, of which only 2 they can choose for themselves. It is possible that changes in the exam will change the choice of graduates and they will choose completely different subjects for delivery. And, although there is still a whole academic year before the exam, preparation for the USE 2018 should start as early as possible. Cancellation of the exam is not worth waiting for at least, the next few years.

Putin speaks about the abolition of the exam:

Anna Mozharova about changes in the exam:

Chinese schoolchildren take state exams ("gaokao") two days in a row: on the first day they take compulsory subjects (Chinese, mathematics and a foreign language), and on the second day they take elective subjects (or three subjects of social sciences, or three subjects in the natural sciences). Chinese system a single exam is often associated with a growing number of clinical depression and suicide among young people.

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

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

What remains the same

The year 2018 is passing calmly, under the sign of stability: the head of Rosobrnadzor Sergey Kravtsov said that USE procedure already established that everything is decided by knowledge, and no significant changes are expected.

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

You can see the full schedule by subject. Applications for participation in the exam are submitted before February 1; for those who did not have time to apply, 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 language and mathematics (basic for the certificate, profile for entering the university). Demo USE version 2018 is possible. Remember that there will definitely not be tasks from the demos in the exam forms, but they will be similar. And to draw up a plan for preparing for exams, use the codifiers from FIPI - they contain complete list topics needed to study.

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

• medicines and nutrition (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, a protractor, a non-programmable calculator);

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

  Verify USE results 2018 it will be possible using the official online service or on the State Services.

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

General changes

Exam materials for the USE 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 speech literacy

Added one knowledge task lexical norms and ability to recognize speech errors. Now there are 26 tasks. The wording has been clarified in some places: for example, in an essay, now you need to specifically formulate the position of the author. Maximum primary score for completing all work increased from 57 to 58.

Literature: plus one more topic

The fourth topic for the mini-essay has been introduced (according to 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. Maximum score for the entire work increased from 42 to 57 points.

Social Science: Plus Logic

In social science, the assessment system for task 28 has changed (answer plan). It is recommended to pay more attention to tasks on the logical relationship of concepts, since in task No. 29 (essay) one point was added for logic, the relationship of concepts. KIM as such has not changed, the evaluation criteria have changed. The maximum primary score for completing the entire job has been increased from 62 to 64.

Physics: plus astrophysics

In the first part of the tasks, there were more - 24 instead of 23. Additional task The first part tests the assimilation of the basic concepts of the elements of astrophysics. Proper execution this task with the answer recorded in the form of a sequence of numbers is estimated at 2 primary points. Otherwise, the thematic affiliation of the tasks of the first and second parts and the system for evaluating tasks remain the same. The maximum primary score for completing the entire work has been increased from 50 to 52 points.

Chemistry: plus task

The total number of USE tasks in chemistry has increased to 35 by adding the sixth task to 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, code examples are now written not in C, but in C ++.

We have become accustomed to the fact that each new academic year necessarily brings with it something new. Curricula are changing, new requirements for teaching are being introduced, methods of presenting material are being updated, and much more. Do not bypass innovations in the assessment of students' knowledge. What will be the USE 2018 - the most important test for graduates?

There will be no significant changes and innovations in the USE 2018. The Minister of Education of Russia O.Yu.Vasilyeva has repeatedly spoken about this. Olga Yuryevna is an adherent of gradual changes, which must be brought up for public discussion. Therefore, everything that is planned will be implemented gradually and systematically.

So, what changes will affect the graduates of 2018?

• The Russian language exam will no longer contain short answer tasks;
• It will be much easier to check the ability to analyze a work;
• There will be more proposed topics for essays, up to five;
• The minimum number of words in an essay will increase from 200 to 250;
• It is planned to introduce the oral part into the Russian language exam. Abandoning the test form completely is impractical. But it makes sense to make the exam partly test, and partly with “live” answers. Experts believe that the variety of control forms gives a more complete picture of the level of knowledge of the graduate, and the examiner has the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities in an expanded form;

• A new exam is expected in 2018 and new form its implementation. A comprehensive exam in natural science, which will include assessment of knowledge in chemistry, physics, biology and geography, will be called integrated. How the new exam will be built, what the requirements will be, there is no information yet. Yes, this is not the most important thing. For successful passing the exam First of all, knowledge is important. Therefore, it is better for high school students to lean on natural Sciences and be ready for a new challenge;
• And the most important change is that the assessment will take place according to a five-point system familiar to everyone.

Which subjects are required and which are optional?

The list in 2018 is planned to remain the same as in previous years. And this means that it is necessary to prepare in the Russian language and mathematics. A subject like history, which has long been wanted to be made mandatory, will be introduced in 2020.

In the meantime, the third exam can be, at the choice of graduates, history or social science, physics or chemistry, biology or geography, a foreign language or computer science and ICT, literature. Here, it is important for students to decide as early as possible on the choice of profession and the university in which they need to enter. The more time you have to prepare, the more likely you are to pass the exam well.

There are rumors...

As we can see, no special 2018 is expected, especially since this was officially announced in numerous interviews with the Minister of Education of Russia. And yet, different information wanders among the people. Most likely, these are rumors and conjectures, but, as they say, there is no smoke without fire. What are teachers, children and their parents talking about, what news from “verified” sources are they discussing?

English will be a mandatory exam in 2018

The issue of passing English by graduates of the eleventh grade has been raised for a long time. The topic is very relevant. The school aims to prepare children for adult life to make them competitive all over the world. Without communication skills, this is impossible, and knowledge of a foreign language is a key link in the adaptation of young people.

At the moment, a foreign language is a voluntary exam, and if desired, graduates can choose one of the five proposed languages ​​- these are English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese.

In order for a foreign language to acquire the status of a mandatory USE exam, it is first necessary to increase the level of teaching of the subject. So only the 2022 graduates will be the first to will be tested knowledge of English.

USE will be canceled in 2018

Rumor has it that from 2018 the USE in the form in which children take it now will be canceled. Final exams will be held in the tradition old school when for everyone it was not only a test of knowledge, but also a holiday. The USE, with its checks, escalating tension, and an imperfect assessment system, causes a negative attitude not only among schoolchildren, but also among teachers.

And yet, no one is going to cancel the exam. Transform and improve - yes. The final certification will undergo some of the changes mentioned above already in 2018.

Screening before the exam will be even more intensified

Before passing the exam, each examinee must undergo a screening. They say that in 2018, in addition to the metal detector and the presence of the police, a search will also be added. They will turn out pockets, inspect shoes for the presence of cribs. These are just rumors that escalate an already nervous situation and cause unjustified fear in children.

And really, there is nothing terrible. Yes, there will be metal detectors at the entrance to the auditorium. Surveillance cameras will be installed in corridors and offices. That's all. All these measures are aimed at ensuring that the assessment of knowledge is clean and fair.

It so happened that the most accurate information on holding the Unified state exam become known and available only at the beginning of the current academic year. This means that surprises and surprises can be expected.

Video news

In 2017, more than 700,000 people took the exam. This is twice the number of all the inhabitants of Iceland! Future graduates, as well as teachers and parents with bated breath are waiting for news about the next changes in 2018. Maria Kucherova talks about new assessment criteria, essay topics and shows what their developers say about assignments.

For those who are preparing for the main school exam

The 2018 graduation campaign was no exception. And so far, the parent community has not received an answer to the question: do the annual changes in the KIMs of the Unified State Examination contradict Part 2 of Article 21 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Protection legal rights let's leave minors to their parents and lawyers, I propose to get acquainted in detail with what awaits us this academic year. I propose to go through all academic subjects and tell as much as possible about each.

Final essay, compulsory exam

On September 1, 2017, the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation O. Yu. Vasilyeva and Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, great-great-grandson of L. N. Tolstoy, V. I. Tolstoy announced five topics for the final essay for the 2017/18 academic year:

1. Loyalty and betrayal;
2. Indifference and responsiveness;
3. Aims and means;
4. Courage and cowardice;
5. Man and society.

These are approximate directions for topics for the final essay; graduates will learn specific formulations at the exam itself. The work is evaluated as usual - according to the "pass-fail" system, literary examples can be used as arguments, both from school curriculum, and not included in it.

There will be a written exam December 6, 2017. In case of an unsatisfactory result, it will be possible to rewrite the final essay February 7 and May 16, 2018. They promise to 2019 year, the final essay will not undergo any serious changes.

Russian language, compulsory exam

There are no major innovations this year. However, you need to know that there are changes in the grading system examination tasks In Russian. The maximum primary score is now increased to 58 (was 57 before). Basically, changes in KIMs are associated with the expansion language material and the range of skills being tested, introduced an excerpt of a poetic text.

An example of a new task from the FIPI demonstration materials

This and all subsequent examples are taken from the FIPI 2018 Demo Materials.

In 2018, graduates will not pass the oral part in the Unified State Examination in the Russian language for sure. Approbation of this exam will be held in the ninth grade in three regions of the Russian Federation: the Chechen Republic, the Republic of Tatarstan and the Moscow Region.

Here is first-hand information, from Tsybulko Irina Petrovna, leading researcher of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "FIPI", head of the Federal Subject Commission on the Russian Language, candidate pedagogical sciences.

Mathematics, compulsory exam, there are basic and specialized levels

No changes. Thank God, so far nothing new has been invented. Baseline and profile levels are preserved. It is necessary to make a choice before 1st of February 2018 of the year. The number of tasks, evaluation criteria - everything is the same as last year.

We learn a lot of useful information about the Unified State Examination in mathematics from Ivan Yashchenko, head Federal Commission on the development of KIM in mathematics.

Literature, profile exam of choice

There are a lot of changes here. The developers finally heard the criticism and began to make changes. However, it is still far from ideal.

If you have specific complaints or suggestions for USE materials, then you can direct them to email address: [email protected] Until September 30, 2017, FIPI invites the expert and professional communities to take part in the discussion of the draft examination materials for 2018.

According to the statistics of the Unified State Examination in literature, only 5% of graduates choose, but this is not a reason to believe that their developers do not need to work substantively with control and measuring materials. I would like the high scores for the Unified State Exam in literature not to be equated with a real order of courage.

In the Unified State Exam in Literature 2018, the requirements for completing two tasks have been clarified and the fourth topic of the essay has been introduced. The maximum initial score for the entire work has been increased from 42 to 57 (as much as 15 points have been added), which means that the assessment criteria have changed a lot. These criteria have been completely reworked in tasks with a detailed answer. 8, 9, 15 and 16. AT tasks 9 and 16 now it will not be necessary to justify the choice of an example for comparison. The most important change is the introduction of the fourth theme of the essay, which tests knowledge on the latest domestic literature.

Sergey Zinin, head of the Federal Commission for the Development of KIM in Literature, believes that the usual model for passing the exam in literature has worked well, and the accumulative principle test scores- well done.

History, profile exam of choice

There are no changes in 2017-2018. Everyone has already heard that 2020 The USE in History will become mandatory for all graduates. Today, this profile exam is chosen by about 20% of graduates. Will basic and specialized education be introduced in 2020? USE level in history (by analogy with mathematics), no one knows yet.

Igor Artasov, Deputy Head of the Federal Commission for the Development of KIMs for History, told last year what was new in the assignments. All these changes will also apply to the exam in the history of 2018. He also told how happy the teachers are modern textbooks history and how many hours a week it takes to know history well.

Social studies, profile subject of choice

The Unified State Examination in Social Studies is the most popular subject of all elective subjects: an average of 55% of graduates take it. The changes affected primarily the evaluation criteria. The maximum primary score increased from 62 to 64 points. This is due to the fact that the grading system for tasks 28 and 29 has changed. In task 29, the wording is detailed.

It's nice when Tatyana Liskova, head of the FKR in social studies, sincerely thanks teachers for their work and notes that officials see the results of their great efforts.

Physics, profile exam of choice

The maximum primary score for the USE in physics increased by two points (from 50 to 52 points). This is due to the fact that a new task was added to the test part of the KIMs No. 24. The developers decided that the tasks of the basic part of the exam must include a task in astrophysics.

Marina Demidova, head of the Federal Commission for the Development of KIM in Physics, tells how to pass physics with 100 points and what is the contribution of MEPhI to the creation of assignments. Special thanks to Maxim from Moscow for his question on the phone at the very end of the video (twentieth minute). True, there is still no reasoned answer.

Chemistry, profile exam of choice

Only one task #30 has been added, but it is of increased difficulty. Despite the innovation, the number of maximum primary points remained unchanged - 60, as the criteria for evaluating the basic part of the Unified State Exam in chemistry have changed.

Dmitry Dobrotin, Deputy Head of the Federal Commission for the Development of CIM for GIA, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, tells how to prepare for the exam. It would be nice for the Federal Antimonopoly Service, it seems to me, to pay attention to the comments after the question about manuals for preparing for the Unified State Exam in chemistry (at the eleventh minute). The question from the mother of a graduate from the North-Eastern District of Moscow is also very curious (twelfth minute). However, like the answer.

Biology, profile exam of choice

There were huge changes in 2016-2017, so this year you can breathe freely - there will be no innovations in the KIMs of the Unified State Examination this year. Biology is chosen by about 18% of graduates, and for them the news is good. Congratulations on this future doctors, veterinarians, ecologists! After all, they chose very respected and required professions. Moreover, many people know what difficulties they will face in the summer, everyone knows how difficult it is to enter medical universities on the budget.

Valeryan Rokhlov, head of the Federal Commission for the Development of KIM in Biology, told a lot of "interesting" things about tutoring.

Geography, profile exam of choice

Over the past two years, the geography exam has undergone significant changes. There are no innovations this year. The 3% of graduates who annually choose the USE in geography can relax a bit.

Vadim Barabanov, head of the Federal Commission of KIM Developers for Geography, explains why out of 34 tasks only 9 (!) directly cite materials from school textbooks. By the way, he is not very happy with the textbooks.

Informatics, profile exam of choice

Approximately 7% of all graduates choose computer science each year. This year there are changes in the KIMs of the Unified State Examination in this academic subject.

AT examination work in computer science, the possibility of writing an algorithm in natural language due to the lack of demand for this opportunity by the participants of the exam. Examples of program texts and their fragments in the conditions of tasks in the C language have been replaced with examples in the C ++ language, as it is much more relevant and common. This affected tasks 8, 11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25.

Vyacheslav Leshchiner, Researcher FGBNU "FIPI", the developer of the Unified State Examination in Informatics, finally explains why the Unified State Examination in Informatics is not performed at the computer, advises in what order to solve tasks, and admits that some students are smarter than inspectors.

Foreign language, profile exam of choice

You can still take this exam in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish. There are those who want to take Chinese, but so far everything is at the level of conversations. Approximately 10% of school graduates pass the USE in foreign languages, the vast majority choose English.

From 2022, the USE in foreign languages ​​will become a mandatory exam. Whether KIMs will change by this period is still unknown.

In 2018, the changes are minimal: the criteria for assessing the performance of tasks 39 and 40 have been clarified. The fact is that KIMS Unified State Examination for foreign languages ​​have only recently been updated. Now there is an audition and oral part exam.

Maria Verbitskaya, head of the developers of the KIM USE in foreign languages, demonstrates her “Oxford” pronunciation and tells how the USE has positively influenced the knowledge of foreign languages ​​among modern schoolchildren.

And she also came up with a new phrase “one hundred and eighty ten minutes” (twentieth minute of the video).

The Unified State Examination (USE) has become the only form of final exams for schools for quite a long time - in 2009, and it was first tested at the turn of the millennium. AT USE rules adjustments are constantly made that make schoolchildren and their parents worry every year.

That USE system are waiting Big changes has been known for a long time. Dmitry Litvinov was the first to announce this - former head Ministry of Education. She said in her first interviews that the course of transformation would be supported new leader departments Olga Vasilyeva. The reform will continue for several years, and the USE 2018 will be no exception.

USE 2018: changes and news

The first thing that worries all schoolchildren: both those who are preparing for graduation and those who are just starting their studies, is the question “Will the USE be canceled in 2018?”. Both the current minister of education and the previous one answered it: too much effort has been invested in the system of the state exam itself to talk about its abolition now. The USE proved 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 discussions, then cancellation of the exam in 2018, as well as in subsequent ones, it will definitely not happen.

Compulsory subjects of the USE 2018

How many subjects to take for the exam 2018? This question is of great concern to today's high school students. And there are reasons 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 in the Unified State Examination will increase to six. In 2017, he said, a third was to be added to the number of mandatory 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 for reforming the USE has also changed.

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

However, in 2018, that is, at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, the third mandatory 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 required.

Today, history is considered the favorite among all other school disciplines. Even the President spoke in favor of the subject, noting that today knowledge native history students leave much to be desired. As the minister noted, making the discipline one of those for which compulsory examinations are taken 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.

In second place in popularity is social studies. 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 argue that social science is a simple subject.

In third place is physics. Fans of engineering universities are in favor of this subject. Orientation to exact sciences has long been haunting the minds of education officials, but for many schoolchildren, physics is too complex and difficult to study as 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 accuracy which compulsory subjects are included in the USE 2018. The exact number and name of exams will be known closer to the beginning of the 2017-2018 academic year, that is, until September 2017. So far, only one thing is firmly known - the Russian language and mathematics will have to be passed in any case.

Latest news

Speaking about the changes, first of all, the reform of the Unified State Examination in Literature is meant. New model the exam has already been announced by FIPI, and you can get acquainted with the demo version of KIM on the website of the department. So, what will the Unified State Examination in Literature bring in 2018, will schoolchildren write an essay, and how difficult will the exam be?

Questions with short answers will be excluded. Some time ago literature lost its test part; questions with a choice of one correct answer out of four were replaced with questions with short answers. This part is aimed at testing terminology - examiners must ensure that students are familiar with all the terms used in the discipline. However new minister stated that since 2018 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 task is a kind of mini-essay, when the text presented in the KIM had to be compared with two others, which the student must remember on his own. From 2018, students will only need to provide one text for analysis.

Increasing the number of topics for essays. Until 2018, students were offered only three topics to choose from to write an essay. After the reform, the number of topics will increase to four or even five.

Increasing the volume of the essay. Today, the minimum length of an essay is 200 words. From 2018, its length should be at least 250 words.

Essay grades. Today, as you know, there are only two criteria for an examination essay - “passed” or “not passed”. In 2018, it is planned to introduce a rating scale for this block of the exam - now the essay will be evaluated according to a five-point system familiar to schoolchildren.

The new USE model in literature is currently being tested in 44 regions, and if the result is satisfactory, it will become the main one in 2018. In August, all project documents will be made publicly available on the FIPI website and, within a few months, they will be publicly discussed.

USE in a foreign language

The Ministry of Education decided that a foreign language in 2018 will still not be included in the list of compulsory subjects. Moreover, discussions on this subject are very fierce, as 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 at the USE 2022.

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

For the USE 2018, the choice of languages ​​will be as follows:

• English;
• Deutsch;
• French;
• Spanish;
• Chinese.

The Chinese language was included in the program after the 2016 trial exams.

Results

There will be changes in the Unified State Examination in 2018 - Vasilyeva herself and officials of various departments in charge of this issue speak about this. However, it is too early to talk about what exactly these changes will be - accurate information will appear only in the second half of 2017.

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