Rosobrnadzor rechecked the results of the Unified State Examination in the Russian language of those who complained about zero points for the essay. The department said that after this the results were recognized as objective. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of Rosobrnadzor.

The department also stated that it did not find any violations.

Earlier, Kommersant reported complaints from this year’s graduates about subjectivity in assessing Part C work in the Unified State Examination in the Russian language. As the newspaper writes, inspectors often give 0 points solely on formal grounds, citing unofficial instructions from the developers of Unified State Examination tasks. Schoolchildren share this opinion. They refuse to discuss such complaints during appeals, the publication notes.

According to the rules of Rosobrnadzor, an essay in the Russian language is assessed according to five criteria, and the main ones are the first two - “Compliance with the topic” and “Argumentation”. The assessment rules state that the examinee must “reason on the proposed topic,” including “on the basis of those related to the topic.” The Unified State Exam participant must build his reasoning by using at least one work of domestic or world literature for argumentation.

In 2015, the Unified State Exam in Russian was taken on May 28. 700 thousand people took part in it, of which 660 thousand are graduates of this year. The average score in Russian was 65.9%, which is 3.4% higher than last year.

Rosobrnadzor commented on zero grades for essays on the Unified State Exam