Vietnam: Process of question creation for the national high school graduation examination applied from May 03, 2019

Currently, the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam shall establish the Board of questions creators for the national high school graduation examination. According to Clause 7 Article 1 of Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam amending Clause 7 Article 17 of Circular No. 04/2017/TT-BGDĐT, the exam question creation process is guided as follows:

Step 1: Each questing creation team shall create the questions, adjust the questions and answers, and provide grading instructions (for both official and backup questions) for a subject. The creation, appraisal, adjustment of exam questions and answers, and grading instructions shall meet the requirements in Article 15 of the regulation on national high school graduation examination and high school graduation consideration issued together with Circular No. 04/2017/TT-BGDĐT.

The standardized multiple-choice question bank developed in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training is an important source of reference to create multiple-choice questions following these procedures:

- The President of the Board of question creators shall assign a secretary to randomly choose questions from the question bank and send them to the question creation team leaders;

- Question creation team leaders shall assign their members to appraise each question;

- Members of each question creation team shall work together, adjust each question and put together a question sheet in accordance with Article 15 of this regulation. After the final adjustment is made, the team leader shall sign the question sheet and send it to the President of the Board of question creators;

- Members of the Board of question creators shall mix the questions to create multiple versions of question sheets;

- The question creation team shall examine each version, answers and grading instructions thereof, and sign on every version.

Step 2: Exam question review:

- Question sheets shall be reviewed by independent reviewers. Reviewers shall try to answer the questions and assess the questions in accordance with the requirements in Article 15 of this regulation; propose necessary adjustments or corrections;

- Comments of reviewers are a basis for the President of the Board of question creators to decide whether to approve the questions.

View details at: Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam takes effect from May 03, 2019.

Thu Ba

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