Outcomes of online workshop “Holding final certification of 9th grade students in the 2020-2021 school year in Computer Science”

On February 15, 2021, Shygys Regional Center of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region held an online workshop on preparing materials for the final assessment of 9th grade students in the 2020-2021 school year in Computer Science.

The goal is to get acquainted with the new format of the final assessment of basic secondary education according to the updated curriculum. The online workshop was attended by 100 teachers of the region: Chairmen of the Association of Computer Science, subject teachers of educational institutions of the region and specialized educational institutions (with Kazakh and Russian languages ​​of training).

A coordinator of Learning Content and Education Quality Monitoring Office of Shygys RC EA EKR A.Kh. Zhelpakova briefed the participants on the Instructions on the procedure of the final assessment of 9th grade students of secondary education institutions, clarified the Order No. 509 dated November 26, 2019 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan On Amendments and Additions to the Order No. 125 dated March 18, 2008. 

The speakers, T.A. Aliyeva, a teacher of Computer Science of T.Amanov Secondary School No. 16 of Semey city and T.A. Barabanova, a teacher of Computer Science of Opytnoe Pole Secondary School of Ust-Kamenogorsk city explained the specification of the preparation of tasks for the final assessment in Computer Science, covering the content of the standard curriculum of this subject for 5-9 classes of the level of basic secondary education according to the updated content, she showed the examples of tasks for the final assessment: for a general education school, for gymnasiums/lyceums, specialized schools, for special institutions, special classes and groups in accordance with the scoring scheme.

Subject teachers received cognitive and practical materials on how to prepare students, improving their key competencies in the context of the updated educational content. A.Kh. Zhelpakova gave recommendations on how to use the tasks of the final assessment during formative and summative assessments, to develop and implement similar tasks in each lesson, to apply similar tasks in SAS and SAT. She aimed teachers at the need to continue working on the development of assignments for the final assessment.

Preparation materials for the final assessment: the instructions and the algorithm for the final assessment were sent to the district and city education departments.