Vietnam: What is the guidance on periodic assessment of primary school students?

What is the guidance on periodic assessment of primary school students in Vietnam?

Regulations on periodic assessment for primary school students are stipulated in Article 7 of the Regulation on Assessment of Primary School Students issued together with Circular 27/2020/TT-BGDDT as follows:

- Periodic assessment for academic contents of subjects and academic activities.

+ In the middle of the first semester, at the end of the first semester, in the middle of the second semester and at the end of a school year, subject specialist teachers rely on regular assessment, requirements to be achieved, specific display of capacities of each subject and academic activities to assess students in each subject and academic activity as follows: 

++ Good completion: excellently achieve academic requirements and regularly display specific capacities of subjects or academic activities;

++ Completion: achieve academic requirements and display specific capacities of subjects or academic activities;

++ Incompletion: fail to achieve any academic requirement or fail to display specific capacities of subjects or academic activities;

+ At the end of the first semester and at the end of a school year, organize periodic examination for compulsory subjects: Vietnamese literature, Mathematics, Foreign language 1, History and Geography, Computer and Technology;

For students in 4th grade or 5th grade, organize additional periodic examination for Vietnamese literature and Mathematics in between the first semester and the second semester.

+ Periodic exam questions must conform to requirements to be achieved and specific display of capacities of subjects and consist of questions and exercises designed in levels as follows:

++ Level 1: Recognize, repeat or describe learned contents and adopt to deal with several familiar situations and issues in learning;

++ Level 2: Connect and arrange learned contents to deal with similar issues;

++ Level 3: Apply learned contents to deal with new issues or provide reasonable responses in learning and life.

+Exam papers shall be corrected, commented and marked by teachers on a scale of 10 (no decimal allowed) and returned to students. Scores of periodic exam cannot be used for comparison among students. If results of exams taken place at the end of the first semester and at the end of a school year show irregularities compared to regular assessment, teachers shall request schools to organize additional examination for accurate assessment of students’ academic results.

- Periodic assessment for formation and development of traits and capacities

In the middle of the first semester, in the middle of the second semester and at the end of a school year, class mentors shall cooperate with other teachers teaching in their classes in providing assessment as follows according to feedback and display during regular assessment for formation and development of primary traits and capacities of students:

+ Good: Satisfy academic requirements well, display clearly and frequently.

+ Satisfied: Satisfy academic requirements, be able to display but not frequently.

+ Further efforts required: Fail to adequately satisfy academic requirements, be able to display but not clearly.

What is the guidance on periodic assessment of primary school students in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What is the guidance on assessment for students in schools and classes for persons with disabilities in Vietnam?

According to Article 8 of the Regulation on Assessment of Primary School Students issued together with Circular 27/2020/TT-BGDDT, the assessment for students in schools and classes for persons with disabilities in Vietnam is stipulated as follows:

- Students with disabilities shall follow inclusive education depending on type of disability and level of disability and be assessed similar to a students with no disability together with adjustment according to type of disability and level of disability or at request of personal education plans.

+ Students with disabilities following special education shall be assessed according to regulations on special education or at request of personal education plans.

+ For students participating in classes for persons with disabilities: teachers shall assess students based on regular feedback and assessment via classes for persons with disabilities whereas periodic assessment results of Mathematics and Vietnamese literature shall conform to Article 7 of the Regulation on Assessment of Primary School Students issued together with Circular 27/2020/TT-BGDDT.

What is the roadmap for the assessment of primary school students in Vietnam under Circular 27?

According to Article 2 of Circular 27/2020/TT-BGDDT, the regulations on assessment of primary school students shall be implemented complying with the following roadmap:

- From 2020-2021 school year for first grade.

- From 2021-2022 school year for second grade.

- From 2022-2023 school year for third grade.

- From 2023-2024 school year for fourth grade.

- From 2024-2025 school year for fifth grade.