What are categories of assessment of learning results of lower secondary school students in Vietnam?

What are forms of assessment of learning results of lower secondary school students in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 5 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the forms of assessment of training and learning results of lower secondary school students in Vietnam is regulated as follows:

- Assessment by comments

+ Teachers use oral or written forms to comment on the implementation of students' training and learning tasks; comment on the progress, outstanding strengths, and main limitations of students during the training and learning process; evaluate the students' training and learning results.

+ Students use oral or written forms to self-assess the implementation of their training and learning tasks, their progress, outstanding strengths, and main limitations.

+ Parents, agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in the students' education process provide feedback on the implementation of the students' training and learning tasks.

+ Assessment by comments on students' training and learning results is used in regular and periodic assessments through various testing forms, evaluating the implementation of students' training and learning tasks appropriate to the subject's nature.

- Assessment by scores

+ Teachers use scores to assess students' training and learning results.

+ Assessment by scores is used in regular and periodic assessments through various testing forms, evaluating the implementation of students' training and learning tasks appropriate to the subject's nature.

- Forms of assessment for subjects

+ Assessment by comments for subjects: Physical Education, Art, Music, Fine Arts, Local Education Content, Experiential Activities, and career guidance; learning results for these subjects are assessed by comments in one of two levels: Pass, Not Pass.

+ Assessment by combining comments and scores for subjects in the general education program, except for the subjects specified in point a of this section; learning results for these subjects are assessed by scores on a 10-point scale, or if another scale is used, it must be converted to a 10-point scale.

The assessment scores are rounded to the nearest one decimal place.

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What are categories of assessment of learning results of lower secondary school students in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 9 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, four categories of assessment for secondary school students' learning results are regulated as follows:

Learning results in each semester and school year

For subjects assessed via both feedback and scores, DTBmhk is used to assess learning results of a student in each semester while DTBmcn is used to assess learning results of a student in the entire school year.

Learning results of a student in each semester and in the entire school year shall be assessed by one of 4 categories: Excellent, Good, Qualified, Unqualified.

(1) Excellent:

- All subjects assessed with feedback are placed in Qualified category.

- All subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 6.5 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn with 6 subjects among which have minimum scores of 8.0 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn.

(2) Good:

- All subjects assessed with feedback are placed in Qualified category.

- All subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 5.0 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn with 6 subjects among which have minimum scores of 6.5 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn.

(3) Qualified:

- Have no more than 1 subject assessed via feedback placed in Unqualified category.

- At least 6 subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 5.0 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn with 0 subjects have scores lower than 3.4 for DTBmhk and DTBmcn.

(4) Unqualified: Remaining cases.

Furthermore, If learning assessment results of a semester and/or a school year is lowered by at least 2 categories from categories under (1) and (2) due to assessment results of a single subject, the learning assessment results of the semester and/or school year shall be raised up to the adjacent category.

How shall the periodic assessment of training and learning results of students in Vietnam be conducted?

Pursuant to Article 7 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, periodic evaluation is conducted as follows:

1. Periodic assessment (does not apply to learning topics) consists of mid-semester assessment and end term assessment and is implemented via: examination (on test paper or on computer), practice exercises, or learning projects.

- Time of examination (on test paper or on computer) of subjects (excluding learning topics) with up to 70 periods/school year is 45 minutes; time of examination (on test paper or on computer) of subjects (excluding learning topics with more than 70 periods/school year is from 60 minutes to 90 minutes or up to 120 minutes for specialized subjects.

- For examination (on test paper or on computer) where assessment is made via scores, exam questions are developed based on exam mechanisms and characteristics in a manner that satisfies requirements of the subjects under formal education program.

- For examination (on test paper or on computer) where assessment is conducted via feedback, practice exercises, or learning projects, provide instructions and assessment criteria based on requirements of subjects under formal education program prior to implementation.

2. In each semester, each subject assessed via feedback shall be assessed once in the middle of the semester and once at the end of the semester.

3. In each semester, each subject assessed via both feedback and scores shall be given assessment scores once during the semester (hereinafter referred to as “DDGgk”) and once at the end of the semester (hereinafter referred to as “DDGck”).

4. Students who fail to obtain sufficient assessment scores as per Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article due to force majeure shall be eligible for attending the re-examination and re-assessment with corresponding qualification criteria. Organization of re-examination and re-assessment shall be performed in each semester.

5. In case students fail to attend re-examination and re-assessment according to Clause 4 of this Article shall be assessed as “Chưa đạt” (Unqualified) or given a score of 0 for the missing examination and/or assessment.