{"id":772,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T18:50:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:50:46","slug":"monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-hungary\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/h2>\n<p>Since the 2001\u20132002 academic year, Hungary has administered its National Assessment of Basic Competencies (NABC) every year (except in the 2004\u20132005 academic year) to assess student performance in mathematics and reading. Since 2004, all students in Grades 6, 8, and 10 have taken part in the testing. The assessment measures students&rsquo; ability to use their skills and knowledge to solve problems modeling everyday situations, and does not focus on textbook knowledge. In 2014, a revised framework for the NABC<sup>12<\/sup> was published. The NABC provides benchmarks for student performance in seven levels of competency. School level results are published on a public website nine months after the assessment, while schools and the organizations responsible for them receive additional data analysis software that enables them to study student performance in more detail. Since 2008, the implementation of assessment IDs has made it possible to track individual student development from Grade 6 through Grade 10.<\/p>\n<p>  The National Public Education Act guarantees the annual administration of the tests and requires schools to monitor their performance as part of their quality control programs. To reduce disadvantages caused when children develop at different rates, a mandatory assessment of first grade students&rsquo; basic competencies was introduced during the 2006\u20132007 academic year. The Ministry of Education provides all educational institutions with a free evaluation kit called the Diagnostic Development System.<sup>13<\/sup> The evaluation kit is designed to measure student social development and skills, elementary arithmetic, fine motor coordination for writing, and comprehension of and vocabulary for relationships.<\/p>\n<p>  In addition to these assessments, student performance and progress are evaluated regularly with numeric grades. Teachers evaluate student performance and progress regularly throughout the school year. Students and parents are notified regularly with grade reports. Students keep a booklet for recording grades and school notices that parents and class teachers sign every month. Teachers use interim grades to determine midterm and final grades. Schools communicate grades to students and parents with a note at the end of each term, and in school reports at the end of the year. Class heads evaluate student behavior and diligence in consultation with class teachers. Grades for student knowledge are based on the following scale: excellent (5), good (4), average (3), satisfactory (2), and unsatisfactory (1). Grades for student behavior and diligence are based on the following scale: exemplary (5), good (4), variable (3), and bad\/negligent (2).<\/p>\n<p>  In Grades 1 to 3, at midterm and at the end of the year, and in Grade 4, at midterm, teachers present a written evaluation of student progress, describing it as excellent, good, or sufficient and noting if the student requires tutoring.<\/p>\n<p>  Students can take noncompulsory mathematics and reading examinations in Grades 4, 6, and 8 provided by the Educational Authority. The examinations in Grades 4 and 6 are part of the examinations used for entrance to secondary general schools starting from Grade 5 or 7. The results of the examination in Grade 8 are part of the examination used for entrance to most secondary schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science Since the 2001\u20132002 academic year, Hungary has administered its National Assessment of Basic Competencies (NABC) every year (except in the 2004\u20132005 academic year) to assess student performance in mathematics and reading. Since 2004, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/hungary\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":139,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5920,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions\/5920"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}