Ten years of the two-level school-leaving exam in Hungarian language and literature (2005–2015)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2017.4.5Keywords:
school-leaving exam in Hungarian language and literature, two-level school-leaving exam, survey, Hungarian language and literature, teachers’ opinionAbstract
The introduction of the two-level school-leaving examination was taken in with mixed feelings and concerns in 2005. After ten years it was time to draw conclusions about the new examination system – and some researchers and research groups did complete this task. This study is one of these investigations. In autumn 2015, the opinion and experience of 128 teachers of Hungarian were collected and examined. Based on this rich sampling, this study presents the experience of the school-leaving exam in Hungarian language and literature between 2005 and 2015 from the perspective of teachers who prepare students and administer the exams. As an outlook, from this perspective it summarizes the questions on the relation between the advanced level exam and the admission to higher education. The survey also covers a summary of opinions about the changes that were planned at the time of the survey and were introduced later in 2017.