When taking the exam, students are asked to complete 24 basic tasks from the first part. They require graduates to provide a short answer, which is recorded in verbal or digital form. The second part of the exam testing contains only one task. Students are asked to write an essay.

How is the transfer of USE scores in the Russian language carried out and what is the minimum and maximum number of them that can be obtained? These issues are one of the most exciting for both high school students themselves, and for their parents and teachers. After checking the final test, a primary score is set: from 0 to 58. For each task, a certain number of them is provided: from 1 to 5. The more difficult it is, the more points the graduate receives. Evaluation of the results of writing an essay is carried out in a different way. For him, students can be awarded from 0 to 24 points.

Then there is a translation primary points to test. They are indicated in the certificate of the unified state examination. It is this result that is taken into account when entering universities.

How many points do you need to score to talk about successful delivery testing? It should be borne in mind that students who have received a certificate may not always qualify for admission to universities. It is possible to talk about the successful assimilation of the main general education program and the possibility of entering a university only if the student scored 16 primary, or 36 test scores respectively. will be taken into account in the student's rating in the list of applicants. The average passing score is at least 65-75. Graduates planning to enter leading universities in Moscow and other cities of our country should take into account the fact that in this case this figure will be higher.

Translation of USE scores in Russian is carried out using a special scale. It should be borne in mind that the algorithm is adjusted from year to year.

USE score table in Russian

Primary score	Test score
1	3
2	5
3	8
4	10
5	12
6	15
7	17
8	20
9	22
10	24
11	26
12	28
13	30
14	32
15	34
16	36
17	38
18	39
19	40
20	41

Primary score	Test score
21	42
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	47
26	48
27	50
28	51
29	52
30	53
31	54
32	56
33	57
34	58
35	59
36	60
37	62
38	63
39	64
40	65

After checking the USE assignments in the Russian language, the initial score for their implementation is set: from 0 to 57. Each assignment is evaluated by a certain number of points: the more difficult the assignment, the more points you can get for it. For the correct performance of tasks in the USE in the Russian language, from 1 to 5 points are given, depending on the complexity of the task. At the same time, you can get from 0 to 24 points for an essay.

The score is then converted to test score, which is indicated in the certificate of the exam. It is this score that is used for admission to higher educational establishments. Translation of USE scores carried out using a special scoring scale.

Also, by the score for the USE, you can determine the approximate mark on a five-point scale that a student would receive for completing tasks in the Russian language in the exam.

Below is USE scores translation scale in Russian: Primary scores, test scores and a rough estimate.

USE score translation scale: Russian

The minimum test score for admission to higher educational institutions in the Russian language is 36.

Primary score	Test score	Grade
0	0	2
1	3
2	5
3	8
4	10
5	12
6	15
7	17
8	20
9	22
10	24	3
11	26
12	28
13	30
14	32
15	34
16	36
17	38
18	39
19	40
20	41
21	43
22	44
23	45
24	46
25	48
26	49
27	50
28	51
29	53
30	54
31	55
32	56
33	57	4
34	59
35	60
36	61
37	62
38	64
39	65
40	66
41	67
42	69
43	70
44	71
45	72	5
46	73
47	76
48	78
49	81
50	83
51	86
52	88
53	91
54	93
55	96
56	98
57	100

Changes in the exam occur every year, but most of them are not of fundamental importance. The order of tasks is changing, some of them become more complicated, some are simplified ... But the new criteria for assessing task No. 27 in the Russian language (essay on the text) put forward fundamentally new requirements for the preparation of graduates. And the composition is, by the way, 24 out of 58 primary points, or 41 out of 100 test!

How have writing requirements changed? Can you write it yourself with the new criteria in mind? Understanding!

Arguments are now optional

Any mother whose child has graduated from high school in the last few years knows how important "literary argument" is in writing. If you have not yet been interested in this topic, let us briefly retell the essence of the problem: writing is the most difficult and “expensive” USE task for 11-graders in the Russian language. It is written according to a small passage of text, which is given right there, in the text of the task.

” The essay was evaluated according to a number of criteria, among which one of the main ones was the ability to confirm or refute the author's point of view on the problem, using the so-called "literary argument" - an example from fiction, journalistic or even popular science literature.

Although the texts that will be used in the USE remained a secret until the very last moment, the main topics are known in advance and have not changed for several years. Therefore, tutors and preparation courses for the Unified State Examination (and schools, what is there) offered schoolchildren to memorize examples from the “bank of arguments”: love - “Eugene Onegin”, man and nature - “Farewell to Matyora”, the role of art in life - “Letters about the good and the beautiful ”by Dmitry Likhachev ... As a result, the essays of graduates, written in the most honest way, sometimes resembled each other like two drops of water. Without delving into the intricacies of the problems of the text under discussion, they pulled on it memorized "arguments from the bank" like an owl on a globe. It turned out, to put it mildly, not very well.

We decided to get acquainted with the “banks of arguments” popular on the Internet and, frankly, were horrified by their straightforward primitiveness.

Problem: the search for the meaning of life in the modern world. In the story of I.A. Bunin "The Gentleman from San Francisco", the American millionaire served the "golden calf". Main character believed that the meaning of life was to accumulate wealth. When the Master died, it turned out that true happiness passed him by.

Problem: the inner beauty of a person. Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince" The wise thoughts of the Little Prince can teach even an adult a lot. Our hero said: “Only the heart is vigilant. You can’t see the most important thing with your eyes.” And we can say without a doubt that he is right. True beauty is inside a person, in his soul, in his right deeds.

Problem: respect for nature. The hero of the poem N.A. Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazai and Hares" during the spring flood saves drowning hares, collects them in a boat, cures two sick ones. The forest is a home for him, and Grandfather Mazay takes care of those who live in it, protects them. Such an attitude is a lesson in love for nature, careful and reasonable love.

In 2019, the position regarding the composition is fundamentally changing. The emphasis shifts to understanding the text under discussion. In 2018, it was necessary to find a problem in the submitted text; comment on it, giving at least two examples from the text. Now we need to explain why these fragments were chosen and show the relationship between them.

” If earlier for this action three primary points were supposed, now - as many as five.

In 2018, their attitude to the problem had to be supported by at least two arguments, and one of them had to be taken from fiction, journalistic or scientific literature. Now it does not matter how exactly the graduate will confirm his point of view, the main thing is persuasiveness.

” Previously, you could get three points for arguing your opinion, but now - only 1.

This does not mean that a graduate cannot appeal to the authority of literary classics, it is just that now it is not necessary.

Without arguments - good or bad?

Strictly speaking, the Russian language and literature are different subjects. Literary argumentation, of course, demonstrated such an important virtue of a student as being well-read. But an exam in Russian should reveal completely different qualities: the ability to understand the text, isolate its essence, formulate a problem and maintain a dialogue.

” If you think sensibly, these are the skills that are mandatory for any citizen, no matter what professional path he chooses (after all, the results of an exam in Russian, unlike mathematics, are taken into account when entering any university, for any specialty). And whether the future dentist or heat engineer Likhachev read, or did not read, this, by and large, is not a matter of principle.

If an exam in Russian had, like an exam in mathematics, two levels - basic and profile, many "techies" would probably prefer to pass the base. But, since such an option was not offered, and each point for Russian upon admission was on the account, “banks of arguments” and catalogs of essays were born.

And now the situation has turned not 180 degrees, but, let's say, 90. At the heart of the essay is not erudition, but the accuracy of understanding the text and the persuasiveness of reasoning. Will the exam be easier? By no means! It is enough to study the methodological recommendations Federal Institute pedagogical measurements (FIPI), prepared on the basis of the analysis common mistakes USE participants in 2018 to understand: it was the comment on the main problem of the text that became a stumbling block for many graduates:

Statistics on the performance of the work as a whole and of individual tasks makes it possible to identify the main problems in the preparation of examinees in the Russian language. As in previous years, the sections of the course related to the formation of communicative competence remain insufficiently learned. Insufficiently developed skills of analytical work with the word and text, the lack of the necessary practice of analyzing linguistic phenomena also affect the quality of writing an essay-reasoning. The task with a detailed answer (26) demonstrated the most common errors associated with the information processing of the text and the presentation of one's own thoughts about what was read.

By criterion K2 (commenting on the identified problem source code) received 3 points only 47.5% of graduates; 2 points 32%; 1 point 13.8%. The level of formation of the ability to conduct text analysis among graduates is still not high enough.

On the one hand, in essays, graduates substantiate the relevance of the problem, reveal its significance for the author of the text, and focus on textual details illustrating the problem. On the other hand, examinees often delve into their own reflections without relying on the source text or simply use it as a paraphrase. Many graduates do not consider it necessary to include two obligatory illustration examples in their essays, which are important for understanding the problem of the source text.

What should we ... write an essay!

Probably, many of our readers are now somewhat confused. Is it difficult to see the problem in the text? It seems to be quite easy, right? How about two supporting examples? And the relationship between them? Well, try your hand at USE demos in Russian - 2019. An excerpt from the story "Scarecrow" by the writer Nikolai Leskov will be given as a text for discussion there. We put the text under the spoiler.

Text from demo version USE-2019

My father and the police chief were amazed that we had to spend the night in the house of Selivan, whom everyone in the neighborhood considered a sorcerer and robber and who, as we thought, wanted to kill us and take advantage of our things and money ...

By the way, about money. At the mention of them, the aunt immediately exclaimed:

Oh my god! Where is my box?

Indeed, where is this box and the thousands lying in it? She, imagine that she was not! Yes, yes, she alone was not in the rooms between the things brought in, nor in the wagon - in a word, nowhere ... The casket, obviously, remained there, in the inn, and now - in the hands of Selivan ...

I'm jumping now, jumping there ... He must have already disappeared somewhere, but he won't leave me! - said the police officer. - Our happiness is that everyone knows that he is a thief, and everyone does not like him: no one will hide him ...

But as soon as the police officer girded himself with his saber, suddenly an unusual movement was heard in the hall between the people who were there, and through the threshold into the hall where we all were, breathing heavily, Selivan entered with aunt's casket in his hands.

Everyone jumped up from their seats and stopped in their tracks.

Forgotten, take it, - Selivan said dully.

He could not say anything more, because he was completely out of breath from the exorbitant rapid walk and, probably, from strong inner excitement.

He put the casket on the table, and, unbidden by anyone, he sat down on a chair and lowered his head and hands.

The box was in perfect condition. Auntie took the key from her neck, unlocked it, and exclaimed:

Everything, everything as it was!

Safely... - quietly said Selivan. - I kept running after you... I wanted to catch up... Forgive me for sitting in front of you... I suffocated.

His father approached him first, hugged him and kissed him on the head.

Selivan did not move.

Auntie took out two hundred-dollar bills from the box and began to give them to him.

Selivan continued to sit and watch, as if he did not understand anything.

Take what they give you,” said the police officer.

For what? No need!

For the fact that you honestly saved and brought the money you forgot.

But how? Should it be dishonest?

Well, you... good man... you did not think to hide someone else's.

And he got up to go back to his defiled courtyard, but his father did not let him in: he took him to his office and locked himself in there with a key, and then an hour later ordered the sledge to be harnessed and taken home.

A day later, this incident was known in the city and in the district, and two days later the father and aunt went to Kromy and, stopping at Selivan, drank tea in his hut and left his wife a warm fur coat. On the way back, they again called on him and brought him more gifts: tea, sugar and flour.

He took everything politely, but reluctantly, and said:

For what? Now, for three days now, everyone has begun to come to me... Income has gone... They cooked cabbage soup... They are not afraid of us, as they used to be afraid.

When I was taken to the boarding house after the holidays, I again had a parcel with Selivan, and I drank tea with him and kept looking at his face and thinking: “What a beautiful, kind face he has! Why did he seem like a scarecrow to me and others for so long?

This thought haunted me and did not leave me alone ... After all, this is the same person who seemed so terrible to everyone, whom everyone considered a sorcerer and a villain. Why did he suddenly become so good and pleasant?

In the later years of my life, I became close to Selivan and had the good fortune to see him become a beloved and revered person by everyone.

If you could not formulate the problem, here are some tips for you, or rather, the correct answers from FIPI. So, the following problems are posed in the text (under the spoiler).

Problems of the text from the demo USE-2019

1. The problem of rejection of a person by society.
2. The problem of creating a reputation, forming an opinion about a person.
3. The problem of manifestation of the inner beauty of a person.
4. The problem of trust in a person.
5. The issue of honesty.
6. The problem of gratitude.

Well, how did you define the problem? Now you need to find two illustration examples from the text for it, explain the importance of each example and indicate the relationship between them. Now that you have demonstrated understanding of the problem, you need to formulate the position of the author (narrator) in relation to it. And now you can express your position in relation to the position of the author (this is so intricately). So you've all done it. How many initial points will you receive?

• Definition and formulation of the problem (one of those that FIPI specialists saw in the text) - 1 point.

A little, but without it, nowhere. If you make a mistake here, then everything that follows will also be wrong.

They gave two examples from the text illustrating the problem and showed the relationship between them - the most expensive part of the answer, 5 points.

That's all, you can get another 16 points for the essay for style, punctuation and spelling.

lucky passing the exam to all graduates and ... their mothers!

Prepared by Irina Ilyina

On this page you will find the translation scale exam points grades in all subjects. It is also possible to find out when the results of the exam will be known. In addition, you may be interested in who checks the exam forms and how.

Table for converting USE scores into grades according to a five-point system

Subject / Grade	5	4	3	2
Russian language	from 72	58-71	37-57	0-36
Maths	from 65	47-64	25-46	0-24
Foreign languages ​​(English, German, French, Spanish)	from 84	59-83	21-58	0-39
Social science	from 67	55-66	40-54	0-32
Chemistry	from 73	56-72	37-55	0-36
Geography	from 67	51-66	38-50	0-37
Biology	from 72	55-71	37-54	0-36
Literature	from 67	55-66	33-54	0-32
Physics	from 68	53-67	37-52	0-36
Story	from 68	50-67	33-49	0-32
Informatics	from 73	57-72	41-56	0-40

USE Score Transfer Scale 2014

Primary score Russian language Maths Social science Story Physics Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 3 4 3 2 5 10 6 5 7 5 3 7 15 8 8 10 7 4 9 20 11 10 14 9 5 11 24 13 13 17 11 6 13 28 16 15 20 13 7 15 32 19 18 23 15 8 17 36 21 20 27 17 9 20 40 24 23 30 20 10 22 44 26 25 33 22 11 24 48 29 28 36 24 12 26 52 32 30 38 26 13 28 56 34 32 39 28 14 30 60 37 34 40 30 15 32 63 39 35 41 32 16 34 66 40 36 42 34 17 36 68 41 37 44 36 18 37 70 42 39 45 37 19 38 72 43 40 46 38 20 39 74 44 41 47 39 21 40 77 45 42 48 40 22 41 79 46 43 49 41 23 42 81 47 45 51 42 24 43 83 48 46 52 43 25 44 85 49 47 53 44 26 45 87 50 48 54 45 27 46 90 51 49 55 46 28 47 92 52 51 57 47 29 48 94 53 52 58 48 30 49 96 54 53 59 49 31 50 98 55 54 60 50 32 51 100 56 56 61 51 33 52 57 57 62 52 34 53 58 58 65 53 35 54 59 59 67 54 36 55 60 60 69 55 37 56 61 62 71 56 38 57 62 63 73 57 39 58 63 64 75 58 40 59 64 65 77 59 41 60 65 66 79 60 42 61 66 68 81 61 43 62 67 69 84 62 44 63 68 70 86 63 45 64 69 71 88 64 46 65 70 72 90 65 47 66 71 75 92 66 48 67 72 77 94 67 49 68 75 79 96 68 50 69 78 82 98 69 51 70 80 84 100 70 52 71 83 86 71 53 72 85 89 72 54 73 88 91 73 55 76 90 93 74 56 79 93 96 75 57 81 95 98 76 58 84 98 100 77 59 87 100 78 60 90 79 61 92 82 62 95 84 63 98 86 64 100 89 65 91 66 93 67 96 68 98 69 100

USE score conversion formula

The scale for converting primary USE scores into test scores is shown in the table. YOU can also calculate your score using the formula below.

where t is the USE test score on a 100-point system that goes into the USE certificate, 0 is the primary score of the person who passed the USE, 0 min is the score corresponding to one primary score, 0max is the score corresponding to the primary score, one less than the maximum possible. Round the result to an integer. Zero primary score corresponds to 0 points for the USE, and the maximum primary score corresponds to 100 points for the USE.

The scale for converting USE scores 2014 into grades is Russian.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

federal Service

for Supervision in Education and Science

(Rosobrnadzor)

ORDER

On the establishment of a scale for the transfer of points of a single state exam in the Russian language into the five-point grading system used for marking the certificate of secondary (complete) education in 2008

In accordance with paragraphs 9 and 27 of the Regulations on the conduct of the unified state exam in 2008, approved by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science Russian Federation dated February 5, No. 36 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on February 29, 2008, registration No. 11251), and based on the decision of the Commission for scaling the results of the unified state exam in 2008, created by order of Rosobrnadzor dated May 15, 2008 No. 1002 (protocol dated 05.06.2008 No. 5):

1. Establish a scale for translating the scores of the unified state exam (hereinafter - the USE) in the Russian language into a five-point assessment system used to mark marks in the certificate of secondary (complete) general education in 2008:

0 - 39 points - mark 2

40 - 57 points - mark 3

58 - 71 points - mark 4

72 -100 points - mark 5

2. Federal State Institution Federal Testing Center (S.S. Kravtsov) preparation of protocols on USE results be guided by paragraph 1 of this order.

3. To impose control over the execution of the order on the Department for Control and Evaluation of the Quality of Education (V.N. Shaulina).

Supervisor

L.N. Glebova

Decree of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) No. 1271-08 dated 06/05/2007 "On the establishment of a scale for converting points into marks during the unified state exam in the Russian language in 2007"

How the results of the exam are evaluated

The results of the Unified State Examination are evaluated on a 100-point scale and put up in a special "Certificate of the results of the unified state exam."

When evaluating the results of the USE, a minimum number of test scores for each educational subject is established, confirming that the graduate has mastered the basic general education programs of secondary (complete) education in accordance with the requirements of the federal educational standard of secondary (complete) general education. If the student scored less than the established minimum number of points (did not overcome the minimum threshold), then the exam is considered not passed.

The value of the minimum threshold is announced within 6-8 days after conducting the exam on the subject in the main terms and 2-3 days after the exam in additional terms in July.

USE assessment scale

When you complete tasks on the exam, 1 or more points are awarded for each correct solution, depending on the complexity. At the same time, a correctly completed task of part A or B is estimated at 1 point, part C - up to 4 points. The sum of these scores is called the Primary Score (PB). In fact, this is the number of correctly completed tasks.

The number of minimum PBs for different subjects may vary, for example:
• mathematics: 36 PB,
• biology: 36 PB,
• foreign languages: 22 PB.

But these are not the points that will be useful to you, for example, for entering a university. They need to be translated on a 100-point scale. This is the so-called "test score" (TB).

TB assesses the level of preparedness of the student. It depends on the level of difficulty of the completed tasks on the exam. This score is used to determine the final grade. The maximum test score for the exam in any subject: 100 points.

The primary score is converted into a test score using a special formula.

Table for converting USE-2020 scores into grades (according to a five-point system)

Subject
Russian language
Mathematics profile
Mathematics basic
Biology
Geography
Social science
Literature
Informatics and ICT
English language
German
French
Spanish

Minimum USE scores for graduation in 2020:
• Russian language - 24 points;
• maths basic level- 3 points (assessment);
• physics - 36 points;
• chemistry - 36 points;
• biology - 36 points;
• history - 32 points;
• geography - 37 points;
• social science - 42 points;
• literature - 32 points;
• Chinese - 17 points.

Minimum USE scores for admission to a university:
• Russian language - 36 points;
• maths profile level- 27 points;
• physics - 36 points;
• chemistry - 36 points;
• computer science and information and communication technologies (ICT) - 40 points;
• biology - 36 points;
• history - 32 points;
• geography - 37 points;
• social science - 42 points;
• literature - 32 points;
• foreign languages ​​(English, French, German, Spanish) - 22 points.

How the exam affects the receipt of a certificate

The basis for issuing a certificate of secondary education to a graduate is the satisfactory results of the Unified State Examination, i.e., the number of points is not lower than the minimum threshold for compulsory subjects(Russian language and mathematics). In this case, the graduate receives 2 documents: a school certificate and a certificate of USE results.

The final grades are set in the certificate according to the traditional 5-point system, which are defined as the arithmetic mean of the graduate's annual grades for grades 10-11 (12).

The results of the USE do not affect the final grades given in the certificate.

If a graduate has not overcome the minimum threshold in one of the subjects - Russian language or mathematics - at the Unified State Examination in the main terms and during the retake, then a certificate is not issued to him.

How and when you can find out the results of the exam

The results of the exam must be known to the participants no later than 3 working days after Rosobrnadzor announces the minimum thresholds for each of the subjects. Thus, no more than 12 days pass from the date of the exam. Most regions inform their USE participants at an earlier date.

For USE participants - graduates of the current year, certificates of USE results are issued at an educational institution. The rest of the USE participants will find out their results where they received a pass for the USE: this is either the PES in which they passed the exam, or the education authority of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, local education authorities.

According to the current regulations, each subject of the Russian Federation is independently responsible for informing USE participants about the results. In some regions, this information can be accessed online for free. You can find out your results by having an individual code (passport number, etc.).

• Moscow and Moscow region: www.rcoi.net
• St. Petersburg and Leningrad region: ege.spb.ru

Lists of USE participants with their exam results are posted on information stands (at school, PES, education authority, etc.).

Validity of the certificate of the results of the exam

On November 20, 2013, letter No. DL-345/17 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation “On the effect of the USE results” was published.

“The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia on the issue of the validity of the results of the unified state exam obtained before the entry into force on September 1, 2013 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation” (hereinafter referred to as the Federal Law), reports .

According to Part 2 of Article 70 of the Federal Law, the results of the unified state examination for admission to study in undergraduate and specialist programs valid for four years following the year in which such results were obtained.

Therefore, admission to organizations that carry out educational activities for bachelor's and specialist's programs, is allowed based on the results of the unified state exam, confirmed by certificates of the Unified State Examination issued in 2015 and 2016, and valid until the end of 2019 and 2020, respectively

The USE certificate after September 1, 2020 is valid for four years following the year the exam was taken. That is, the certificate of 2018 expires in December 2022 and can be used for admission to universities in the period from 2018 to 2022. Therefore, certificates issued in 2019 and 2020 are valid until 2023 and 2024, respectively.