Every year, the Moscow Center for Quality Education conducts a large number of inspections of educational institutions in order to monitor the effectiveness of education and identify gaps in the educational process.
The highest quality are independent diagnostics from educational institutions. They are also the most popular.
Each school has its own internal monitoring of the quality of the educational process. All assignments (dictations, tests) are prepared by the teachers of this school, and they also check.
As a result, a subjective assessment is created, which can sometimes differ from the actual picture.
Independent assessments allow you to create an objective situation at the current moment, and also allow you to compare the successes of students from one educational institution in comparison with another.
Analysis of identified errors allows you to quickly and timely correct the educational process, eliminating all shortcomings.
Schools independently decide which diagnostics to sign up for and how many classes will take part.
The administration has the opportunity to choose the time in advance, since all diagnostics are carried out according to an annual plan.
Unfortunately, very often situations occur that schools only submit one, the best class, for diagnostics.
In this way they try to present their school with the best result.
But here you need to understand that diagnostics is not a competition, but a tool to help improve the quality of the educational process.
First of all, these types of inspections are needed by the schools themselves, and not by the education quality center.
In addition, it is possible not to save data in the school portfolio. Within two weeks, the school can analyze the results and make a request to the MCCS not to save them.
This opportunity is especially important for teachers who will soon undergo certification for a higher category, which necessarily takes into account the assessment of the activities of the class in which they teach.
Parents can see information in their personal accounts about what subject diagnostics are scheduled for and when. This way they can help their child prepare.
Carrying out diagnostic tests
Carrying out diagnostics is a paid service. Therefore, if problems arise at the school on the day the inspection is scheduled, and they ask to cancel it, then funds will have to be paid again for a re-diagnosis.
First of all, you need to understand that information on the prescribed diagnosis appears on the official website of the MCCO a month before its appointment. There is also a demo version there.
The teacher needs to familiarize himself with all materials. Next, it is imperative to prepare students. One of the preparation points is filling out answer forms.
Absolutely all students, before the test, must clearly understand how to fill out the form correctly.
This is very important so that there are no stupid mistakes. Instructional and methodological materials appear on the site, available to teachers and schoolchildren, as well as webinars, the schedule of which is in the “monitoring and diagnostics” section (this section will be discussed below).
Webinars are good because in addition to receiving information, you have the opportunity to ask all your questions online and get complete answers to them.
After the verification, the results will be uploaded to the school’s personal accounts. They can be analyzed and the teacher’s work adjusted.
The results of the test may be considered unreliable if violations were identified during the process (according to independent experts) or if there were a large number of corrections in student answer forms.
Official website of MCCO
All information about monitoring and diagnostics is on the official website of the Moscow Center for Quality Education.
It can be found in three sections:
- "To the leaders."
- "To the teachers."
- "To the parents."
But in all cases there will be a transfer to the page - “Managers” - “Monitoring and diagnostics”.
This section contains basic information and links to specific types of checks.
The basic information includes contact information, diagnostic stages, links to instructional and methodological materials, information about each subject diagnostic.
Types of checks:
- National Educational Quality Surveys
- International comparative studies of education quality
- Computer diagnostics
- Basics of economic knowledge
National Educational Quality Surveys
When you open this section, information about three types of assessment appears:
- All-Russian testing work;
- National Educational Quality Surveys;
- Study of teacher competencies.
All-Russian testing has been carried out since 2015 in order to ensure the unity of the educational space of the Russian Federation and support the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard.
In essence, these are tests for individual assessment of schoolchildren. In general, an objective analysis of the quality of education is obtained at the intermediate stages of education, and not at the end of the year.
When carrying out such work, uniform standards of conduct, inspection and evaluation are used in all regions of the Russian Federation; they are set out in the procedure for carrying out the GRP.
During the conduct, third-party participants, most often from among parents, are invited as independent observers.
National studies of the quality of education have been conducted since 2014. The NIKO program represents individual research projects on specific subjects at a specific time.
Projects - work on academic subjects, surveying students and collecting information about the learning process.
The purpose of NIKO is to identify students’ subject and interdisciplinary skills and the maturity of educational actions.
NICOs are carried out strictly according to the schedule, anonymously, there is no connection to student data. The selection of educational institutions occurs at the federal level by the program.
The results are used to assess the quality of the education system as a whole, and not the performance of a particular school or its teachers. These checks are carried out annually, and the results are discussed at conferences on assessing the quality of education.
The study of teacher competencies has been carried out since 2015. The initiators of such inspections are the Federal Service for Supervision and Control in Education (Rosobrnadzor).
The goal is to evaluate and suit teachers for their position and category.
The education of schoolchildren should be carried out only by professionals who strive every day to improve themselves and improve their competencies.
At the moment, there are no uniform mechanisms for the Russian Federation to ensure the quality of teachers’ work. This type of assessment is aimed specifically at achieving unity in this problem.
The essence of IKU is the anonymous completion of questionnaires with professional and sociological questions. The results are used to polish the education system, and not to evaluate a particular school and its staff.
International comparative studies of education quality
It provides information about research at the international level, comparison of education systems from different countries in order to identify gaps in the Russian system, taking innovations from other countries.
This section includes several programs:
- International comparative study “Studying the quality of reading and text comprehension” PIRLS - comparison of the level of reading and text comprehension of primary school students in different countries of the world. Research is needed to understand the differences and effectiveness of different education systems. Conducted once every 5 years since 2001.
- The international program for assessing educational achievements of students PISA is an assessment of the educational achievements of students who have reached the age of fifteen. Within the framework of this study, knowledge and skills taken in life are assessed in three areas - “reading literacy”, “mathematical literacy”, “natural science literacy”. Held every 3 years, starting in 200.
- The international program for assessing the educational achievements of students PISA based Test for Schools is an addition to the previous program. Answers to the same questions but with the aim of identifying students’ readiness for full functioning in society.
- Comparative Study of the Quality of General Education TIMSS - a comparative assessment of the preparation of fourth and eighth grade students in mathematics and science. Held every 4 years since 1995.
- A comparative study of the quality of general education TIMSS –Ad Advanced – a study of the preparation of high school graduates studying in-depth mathematics and physics. These two subjects are priority in terms of intellectual preparation of students. Such studies were conducted in 1995, 2008 and 2015.
- International Computer and Information Literacy Study ICILS - a study of students' knowledge, skills and abilities in computer and information literacy. Eighth grade students are assessed. The study was conducted in 2013, the next one is planned for 2018.
- International study on civic education in 8th grade of general education institutions ICCS - assesses the readiness of schoolchildren to become citizens of their country, their attitude towards their civic duty. Research has been carried out since 1999.
- TEDS-M, an international study to study teacher education systems and assess the quality of training of primary and secondary school teachers in mathematics, was conducted in 2008. In addition to current teachers, students of higher educational institutions - future teachers - took part in the study.
- An international study of teaching and learning systems was carried out to monitor the school environment and the conditions under which teachers work. Research has been carried out since 2008.
In this section, a small material is given about each program, which describes the implementation process and the results obtained. A link to the source is also provided, which the user can consult if necessary.
Computer diagnostics
When you open this section, you are offered to take training tests in subjects. Anyone can take advantage of this opportunity. It is very important to test your knowledge before independent diagnostics. Each user has their own password and login, which indicates the confidentiality of information.
Basics of economic knowledge
If you select this section, the system offers to solve a demonstration test on financial literacy. In today's world, it is very important to be financially literate.
The banking sector, like economic life in general, is developing.
Now financial services are available to schoolchildren over 14 years of age. At this age, they can already open accounts (of course, with the consent of their parents or their representatives), use bank cards, and open deposits.
Therefore, everyone should have the basics of knowledge in order to properly manage money and prevent financial fraud.
Monitoring and diagnostics are a very important activity of the Moscow Center for Educational Quality.
Thanks to it, the teaching staff of schools can timely monitor gaps in their educational process and effectively eliminate them.
Despite the fact that the service is paid, its significance is great and undeniable. That is why all schools, without exception, use independent diagnostics.
The final work in the education system can be considered three types:
- administrative control and verification work;
- diagnostic and control work, monitoring of MCKO;
- final final exams.
Both have the same goals.
Firstly, the final work is designed to check the state of the quality of education in educational institutions.
Secondly, thanks to them, the actual level of students’ knowledge in certain subjects, their theoretical knowledge and practical skills is revealed.
And, thirdly, the final work is aimed at monitoring the implementation of educational programs and calendar and thematic planning in educational institutions.
On the official website of the Moscow Center for Quality Education you can find all the latest information in the sections relating to monitoring and diagnostics.
Organization and conduct of administrative control and verification work in educational institutions
The final work must be carried out strictly according to the schedule approved by the school director.
They are conducted in all subjects, with the exception of music, fine arts, world artistic culture, physical education and the foundations of religious cultures and secular ethics.
The subject teacher decides what tasks will be in the work, but coordination with the deputy director for educational work is mandatory.
During the test, in addition to the subject teacher, there is an assistant of the same specialty or from the administration.
Students write their work on special stamped sheets. The assignment time is one lesson.
All work is handed over upon call, no one has the right to delay. If one of the students did not have time to write, such an assignment will be considered uncompleted.
The teacher and assistant must check the work within one day. Grades are given according to the requirements.
Diagnostic and control work, monitoring of MCKO
These types of checks must be planned in advance. Teachers and students must be notified no later than two weeks before the event.
Test works are checked by subject teachers within three days, and monitoring studies are analyzed at the center of the Moscow Center for Educational Education.
Educational institutions are obliged not to interfere with the conduct of such verifications, but, on the contrary, to facilitate in every possible way and organize them with the highest possible quality.
The results are discussed at pedagogical councils, information and recommendations are provided for further effective work.
Works are assessed according to the system the school uses. This assessment influences the final score for the intermediate assessment.
These types of checks make it possible to most objectively check the quality of students’ knowledge and the effectiveness of the delivery of knowledge by subject teachers. Schools can apply for independent diagnostics themselves.
Final final exams
Detailed information about this type of final work is presented on the official website of the Regional Information Processing Center of the city of Moscow. 
Official website of the Moscow Regional Information Processing Center - main page On this website you can find the entire regulatory framework for exams, schedules, results, training tasks, current news, information on filing appeals. All information is reliable and up-to-date.
Today there are four types of final final exams:
- Final essay
- GIA, OGE and Unified State Exam
- Final essay
The final essay can be assigned to 11th grade students. If they participate in the State Academic Examination in individual subjects - Russian language or mathematics, then an essay at the end of 10th grade is not assigned.
The results of the final essay can be accepted as admission to the State Examination Institute or for admission to educational institutions of higher education. It is carried out in those schools where graduates are directly trained.
- GIA, OGE and Unified State Exam
State final certification is a common concept for the OGE and the Unified State Exam. In some sources you can find - GIA-9 (this is the OGE) and GIA-11 (this is the Unified State Exam). As the names suggest, these are final final exams for grades 9 and 11, respectively.
Students who do not have academic debt and have completed the full curriculum are allowed to take the final certification. Grades in subjects must be at least “satisfactory”.
OGE or GIA-9 is the main state exam taken by schoolchildren completing the ninth grade. They are required to pass four subjects.
Without passing them, they will not receive a certificate, which means they will not be able to enter secondary technical educational institutions or transfer to the tenth grade.
The subjects required to pass are Russian language and mathematics, and the other two are at the choice of the student.
The rating must be no lower than “satisfactory”, that is, “3”. The grade on this exam affects the grade on the certificate.
The Unified State Exam or GIA-11 is an exam taken by eleventh grade graduates. It is called unified because its results are included both for assessment at school for a certificate and for assessment in entrance examinations in higher educational institutions.
Knowledge on the Unified State Exam is tested from the fifth to the eleventh grade, so they can overlap with tasks in the Unified State Exam.
Schoolchildren also take four subjects, of which the Russian language and mathematics are compulsory, and the other two are optional (physics, chemistry, biology, literature, geography, history, social studies, foreign languages - English, French, Spanish, German, computer science and information and communication technologies).
Most often, graduates choose those subjects that they need to enter higher education institutions in order to reduce their time and not take them additionally. If you do not achieve the minimum scores, the student does not receive a certificate, but graduates from school with a certificate.
The Unified State Examination is conducted on the territory of a school other than the one in which the students are directly taught, and by teachers from this school.
Moreover, the exam is conducted under cameras to exclude any kind of violations both on the part of students and on the part of the organizers.
There is a strict list of items that you can take with you to class. Help from teachers is strictly prohibited.
Participants in the examination process will see all tasks for the first time in the first minutes of testing.
The teacher opens the package with them in front of the schoolchildren. Unlike the OGE, grades here are given in a hundred-point system, where one hundred is the maximum score.
This exam is conducted throughout the country at the same time on the same day. Any “leaks” of information are strictly excluded; all of it is strictly classified. Students must submit applications to participate in the Unified State Exam in selected subjects before March 1 of the current year.
Once all applications have been submitted, an examination schedule will be drawn up.
The tasks are complexes of a standardized form, including test tasks and detailed written questions.
Students may be exempt from taking the Unified State Exam or Unified State Exam in a specific subject if they are winners or prize-winners of All-Russian Olympiads or members of Russian national teams participating in international Olympiads.
Additionally, it is possible to take exams on other days if the absence was for a valid reason that meets the requirements, or on the same day, according to the schedule, two subjects that were chosen by one student. For such cases, additional certification days are assigned.
If a student does not agree with the grade assigned, he can file an appeal within the established time frame.
In such cases, a hearing will be scheduled at which the student, together with his teacher, will defend his opinion and, possibly, receive additional points.
All requirements for carrying out any kind of final work and tests comply with the requirements of the state educational standard at the federal level, documented in orders and resolutions. Their implementation is strictly controlled.
This system of assessing students makes it possible to objectively and qualitatively test their knowledge and, accordingly, the effectiveness of school institutions.
MTsKO (Moscow Center for Quality Education) is an autonomous state institution of additional professional education in Moscow. Created on October 20, 2004 by Government Order No. 2090.
The purpose of this organization is monitoring, diagnostics of educational institutions; expansion of practical and theoretical tasks related to increasing the effectiveness of assessing the level of quality of students’ knowledge, as well as the disclosure of their abilities; identification and training of the most capable youth representatives; improving methods of certification of various educational institutions; preparation and conduct of monitoring studies.
MCCS regularly conducts a number of events aimed at diagnosing the work of educational institutions. This contributes to the development of secondary schools, technical schools, universities and other similar institutions located in the capital. Thanks to such a system, the government can make more informed decisions on the implementation of reforms in educational processes, and students receive relevant knowledge and skills necessary for further development of professionalism.
Types of diagnostics
In the period from 2017 to 2018, MCCO plans to conduct a number of mandatory diagnostics for the following types:
- mandatory diagnostics (grades 4-8, 10);
- remedial (grades 9, 10, 11);
- in general education subjects studied at a deep level for educational institutions participating in certain projects (medicine, engineering, cadet class);
- in professional educational institutions that participate in a project to organize specialized and pre-profile training in accordance with basic general education programs.
Mandatory
The schedule of mandatory diagnostics for the 2017-2018 academic year is presented in the table:
| date | Class | Item | Form of conduct |
| October 12 | 9 | Mathematics | blank |
| the 25th of October | 9 | Russian language | blank |
| November 16 | 10 | Russian language | blank |
| November 23 | 5-8, 10 by draw | Russian language, Mathematics, Foreign language, Literature (6-8, 10 classes) or history, Geography (6-8 classes), Physics (8, 10 classes), Biology (7-8 classes, 10 classes), Social studies 10th grade. By lottery 3 days before diagnosis | computer |
| November 30th | 11 | Mathematics | blank |
| 5th of December | 10 | Mathematics | blank |
| December 13th | 11 | Elective subject: social studies, history, physics, biology, chemistry, computer science | Blank |
| January 18 | 11 | Russian language | Blank |
| February 27 | 9 and 10 | Diagnostics of reading literacy | Blank |
| March 1 | 9 | Foreign language | In OGE format |
| March 15th | 4-8, 10 by draw | Russian language, Mathematics (4-8, 10), The world around us, Biology (5-8, 10), Geography (5-7, 10 classes), Social studies (6-8, 10), Music (6), Physics ( 7-8, 10), Literature (6-8, 10), Chemistry (8,10), Physical education (7), Information technology, Life safety (8), Computer science (10) Subject and class are determined 3 days before the diagnosis | Computer |
| April 24 | 10 engineering | Mathematics | |
| 25th of April | 10 and 11 | Astronomy | Computer |
| May 15 | 10 Engineering | Physics | Computer form with completion of tasks with detailed answers on forms |
Optional
There are types of optional diagnostics. These include:
- in educational organizations that participate in the “Effective Primary School” project;
- thematic;
- meta-subject;
- subject.
A detailed schedule of diagnostic activities carried out by the Moscow Center for Quality Education is available.
For extra-budgetary educational institutions
For these institutions, MCCO offers 2 types of diagnostics: independent and within the framework of VMCO. The detailed independent schedule is presented in the following table:
| date | Item | Class |
| November 29, 2017 | English language | 5 |
| German | 5 | |
| French | 5 | |
| English language | 8 | |
| German | 8 | |
| French | 8 | |
| Meta-subject skills | 10 | |
| December 5, 2017 | Meta-subject skills | 4 |
| December 13, 2017 | Russian language | 4 |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| January 23, 2018 | Computer science | 9 |
| Social science | 9 | |
| Chemistry | 9 | |
| January 31, 2018 | Biology | 9 |
| Physics | 9 | |
| February 1, 2018 | Russian language | 7 |
| Russian language | 8 | |
| Mathematics | 6 | |
| February 13, 2018 | Mathematics | 7 |
| Mathematics | 9 | |
| Russian language | 6 | |
| March 22, 2018 | Information Technology | 6 |
| March 28, 2018 | Geography | 7 |
| Biology | 7 | |
| Mathematics | 8 | |
| Biology | 8 | |
| March 29, 2018 | Geography | 6 |
| Story | 6 | |
| Physics | 8 | |
| Chemistry | 8 | |
| April 25, 2018 | Social science | 8 |
| Social science | 10 |
The schedule of diagnostics within the framework of VMKO is presented in the table below.
Submitting applications
There are 2 stages of application. The first stage (from September to November 2017) has already passed, but the second stage (from December to February 2017-2018) is still relevant. The application can be submitted on the official website of MCKO mcko.mos.ru and in the school’s personal account.
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Certification of the Moscow Center for Education Quality (MCQE) is carried out to establish the level of qualification of a teacher, in accordance with the requirements of the qualification category - first or highest.
Main objectives of the assessment
The noted method of assessing the knowledge and skills of teachers has a number of main tasks.
1. Improving the quality of teaching work and its effectiveness.
2. Determining the need for further certification in order to improve the qualifications of teaching staff.
3. Stimulating the continuous improvement of teachers’ knowledge, their professional growth and methodological culture, with the help of modern technologies.
4. Taking into account the requirements of the Federal State Educational Institution standards for the conditions for the implementation of educational programs when compiling a personnel list of any educational institution.
5. Finding prospects for using the main opportunities among educational workers.
6. Ensuring the proper level of payment for all certification participants.
MCED certification 2017–2018, monitoring and diagnostics of which provides an opportunity for employees of educational institutions to improve the quality of education, will 100% contribute to their successful development. 
Webinars and courses
At this point, we can already say that in the near future, a webinar will be held on the basis of the Moscow Central Educational Center specifically for teachers, the main task of which is to study and further use independent diagnostics to identify students’ knowledge. The celebrated event will take place from January to May 2018. To learn more about the announced opportunity, you should use the online webinar service, which will help you learn useful and important information without leaving your home.
1. A detailed review, as well as a study of all the actions necessary for registration at the 3rd stage diagnostics.
2. For students in grades 4–7, such diagnostics are considered mandatory.
3. The senior level, or rather the 10th grade, will take part in the survey only in accordance with the strictly marked direction. We are talking about specialized training in professional educational organizations, engineering and medical classes.
4. Studying the features of conducting such thematic work, such as, for example, a healthy lifestyle. It is worth noting that the announced topic is mandatory for any Russian school.
A participant in such a meeting or webinar can be a deputy director, or a primary or secondary teacher at a general education institution. 
Diagnostics and monitoring
Now MCKO carries out a variety of independent diagnostics to assess the knowledge of teachers and their students. This order came from the Department of Education of the Russian Federation.
The work described is carried out through three stages, each of which is characterized by a number of personal characteristics. True, before you begin carrying out diagnostic and control work in different cities, you will have to prepare local acts in advance. In the light of such information, it becomes clear that the primary task of the administration of all schools is to plan diagnostic activities, with the choice of their optimal number.
Stage No. 1. Apply for participation in events. Registration of participants continues throughout the fall. For a more effective process, it is better to familiarize applicants in advance with the information necessary for the webinar, as well as adjust the mandatory diagnostics for 9th and 10th grade students in Russian language and mathematics. Today, a webinar is available on the history of Russia for grade 10.
Stage No. 2. Submitting an application in the second diagnostic level, taking place from December to the end of February.
Stage No. 3. Submitting an application for the opportunity to participate in the final stage of the event, taking place from March to April. 
Primary school diagnostics
If we take into account the initial level of training, a number of its own diagnostics and monitoring are provided for it. All of them will take place at a certain time indicated on the MCCO website. For example, in mathematics for grade 4, a planned diagnosis of teachers will take place on April 13, 2018. But why was this particular discipline chosen for assessment? What criteria were used to make the final selection? Everything is very simple! The choice of subject is carried out through a draw, which for next year will take place in March at a conference call of the Department of Education of the Russian Federation.
ICCO certification 2017–2018, or rather an autonomous state institution conducting such diagnostics, plans to create all the conditions for the further organization of various monitoring in the announced time period, according to current applications from educational organizations. We are talking about educating children on an extra-budgetary basis. 
Work related to the creation of diagnostic data, verification or processing of the result, as well as the preparation of special kits and payment for the work of independent observers, is carried out at the expense of the educational organization that submits the application. You should definitely remember this feature.
The new academic season 2018-2019 will again not be complete without independent monitoring and diagnostics of the Moscow Center for Educational Education in the capital’s schools. Thus, a state institution of additional professional education in Moscow has the opportunity to assess the effectiveness of teaching, draw conclusions about the quality of knowledge acquired by schoolchildren, identify the most capable teachers, prepare the ground for the introduction of new educational systems, and this is not the entire list of tasks that can be solved using data checks.
Monitoring 2018-2019
All audit activities of the institution were divided into three large groups:
- Assessment of educational achievements of students in educational institutions in the 2018/2019 academic year (on a budgetary and extra-budgetary basis).
- National surveys on the quality of knowledge delivery.
- International comparative studies of the quality of the educational process.
Each group differs in the MCCO diagnostic calendar 2018-2019, as well as goals, participants and verification tools. But they have a common regulatory document - a letter from the Moscow Department of Education dated May 14, 2018 “On measures for independent assessment of the educational achievements of students in educational organizations in the 2018/2019 academic year.”
Inspection Plan for Secondary Schools
This is the most popular plan among teachers and directors, as it applies to all budgetary educational institutions in the capital. In the new academic year it will consist of seven stages:
- Corrective mandatory diagnostics from grades 9 to 11. It will only affect those institutions in which the Unified State Examination results in Russian language and mathematics in 2018 were unsatisfactory.
- Testing in those subjects that are studied at an in-depth level.
- Inspections in organizations participating in the project on the organization of specialized training in basic general education programs.
- Testing knowledge acquired in elective classes. For 8-9 grades this is “financial literacy” or “the history of Moscow”, and for tenth graders this is “memorable pages of the history of the Fatherland”.
- Meta-subject diagnostics. Serves for analysis of achieving planned results in mastering the educational program.
- Diagnostics in primary school (mathematics, Russian, reading). Will take place in April 2019.
Important! The first stage of diagnostics will take place in September – November 2018. Applications for participation in it must be submitted on the website mrko.mos.ru in the school’s personal account. Also on the official website of the institution in the section “instructional and methodological materials” you can find complete information on conducting an audit.
In the current academic year, the Moscow Educational Center will also conduct raids on educational institutions that are not budget-funded (private schools). The MCCO 2018-2019 audit schedule for them is shown below.
National Educational Quality Surveys
This group includes two diagnostic tools. These are the All-Russian testing works (VPR) and the program of National Research on the Quality of Education (NIKO).
The purpose of these methods is to ensure the unity of the educational space with universal compliance with accepted general education programs.
The features of VPR are:
- the level of testing of schoolchildren’s knowledge is carried out through the same task for the entire country;
- uniform assessment criteria are used;
- schoolchildren are provided with absolutely identical conditions when taking the exam (reflected in special instructions);
- unified assessment criteria (after completing the work, schools gain access to assessment criteria and recommendations).
VPRs provide an opportunity for school leaders to timely navigate the correct organization of the educational process and check the level of knowledge of their students for compliance with the all-Russian standard.
Important! While writing such tests, the presence of observers from parents or teachers is allowed.
Features of the NIKO program are:
- anonymous questioning (computer testing technology or the use of machine-readable forms) of students in order to collect information about the learning process and its proper level;
- The selection of participants is formed at the federal level using a special methodology (depending on the specific NICO project).
- the results of the surveys received are used to analyze the current state of the educational system and formulate programs for its development.
Important! When testing students under the NIKO program, assessment of the performance of teachers and regional executive authorities is not provided.
Participation in the new academic year in the NIKO project is shown below.
International comparative studies of education quality
In 2018-2019, this monitoring group will be marked by three events, each of which is aimed at different categories of schoolchildren.
- Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (quality of reading and text comprehension). It will be conducted among primary school students in different countries of the world.
- International Computer and Information Literacy Study (testing computer and information literacy for eighth graders).
- Research on civics education for eighth graders.
Non-diagnostic goals of MCCO in 2018-2019
In addition to monitoring educational institutions, the Moscow Education Center has many other goals and plans in the field of improving the level of education in Moscow and, in particular, in Russia. These are various international conferences, seminars and certifications.
Thus, the very first in the calendar of the new academic year is an important world-class event – the Moscow International Forum “City of Education” (August 30 – September 2, 2018). The organizers plan to attract more than 70,000 participants, among whom will be representatives of the leadership of schools in Moscow, Russia and other countries of the world. The forum will end with a traditional Russian language festival.
And in February the main organizational event of the year will take place - an international conference on the development of a quality system for acquiring knowledge.
The center also offers advanced training courses for employees of educational organizations with the issuance of an appropriate certificate.
Anyone can familiarize themselves with the detailed schedule of diagnostic work for 2018 – 2019 on the MCKO website mcko.ru.