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Attitudes toward the Unified State Exam (USE) and the initiative to create a single textbook

The survey took place between 22 and 25 May 2015 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 800 people over the age of 18 in 134 localities of 46 of the country’s regions. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 4.1%.

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA?

Definitely

yes

Probably

yes

Neither

yes or no

Probably

no

Definitely

no

It is difficult

to say

May 15

4

15

29

28

14

10

Sept. 14

2

20

27

28

12

11

Aug. 14

4

30

 -*

33

22

11

May 14

6

20

26

25

13

11

Aug. 13

3

18

-*

46

26

8

Sept. 12

3

16

24

27

23

7

Aug. 12

2

20

 -*

49

19

11

Aug. 11

2

16

25

29

16

13

Aug. 10

1

18

28

26

12

15

Aug. 09

2

17

23

25

13

20

June 09

4

19

24

27

12

15

Aug. 08

4

21

26

30

13

6

Aug. 07

4

21

22

29

18

6

June 07

4

20

25

28

14

10

Aug. 06

3

22

22

28

18

8

June 06

3

17

22

29

22

7

Aug. 05

2

15

19

33

25

6

Jan. 05

3

15

22

29

21

10

May 04

5

18

20

30

20

8

-*Option was not included

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA?

All

Age group

18-24

25-39

40-54

55 +

Definitely yes

4

9

3

4

3

Probably yes

15

29

16

9

14

Not yes or no

29

25

32

31

27

Probably no

28

25

27

30

28

Definitely no

14

6

17

18

12

It is difficult to say

10

6

6

8

16

IN COMPARISON WITH REGULAR EXAMS, DO YOU THINK THAT THE UNIFIED STATE EXAM EVALUATES GRADUATES’ KNOWLEDGE BETTER OR WORSE?

 

June

04

Apr.

06

Mar.

09

May

10

May

11

May

12

May

13

May

14

May

15

Better

24

18

16

12

15

14

13

19

10

Worse

22

29

36

41

43

45

34

42

48

Not better or worse

32

31

27

28

25

28

33

25

30

It is difficult to say

22

22

21

18

18

14

21

15

13

IN COMPARISON WITH REGULAR EXAMS, DO YOU THINK THAT THE UNIFIED STATE EXAM EVALUATES GRADUATES’ KNOWLEDGE BETTER OR WORSE?

 

 

All

Age group

18-24

25-39

40-54

55 +

Better

10

23

11

6

8

Worse

48

33

48

60

43

Not better or worse

30

35

34

26

27

It is difficult to say

13

9

8

8

22

DO YOU THINK THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE UNIFIED STATE EXAM HAS CAUSED THE AMOUNT OF BRIBES, CRONYISM, AND OTHER ABUSES OF THE SYSTEM OF GRADUATION AND MATRICULATION TO INCREASE OR DECREASE?

 

June

04

Mar.

09

May

10

May

11

May

12

May

13

May

14

May

15

Increase

21

25

27

30

35

30

25

25

Decrease

14

17

15

17

16

13

15

21

Remain the same

48

36

31

33

31

34

38

31

It is difficult to say

18

23

28

20

18

24

22

23

DO YOU THINK THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE UNIFIED STATE EXAM HAS CAUSED THE AMOUNT OF BRIBES, CRONYISM, AND OTHER ABUSES OF THE SYSTEM OF GRADUATION AND MATRICULATION TO INCREASE OR DECREASE?

 

All

Age group

18-24

25-39

40-54

55 +

Increase

25

22

25

28

25

Decrease

21

25

24

18

19

Remain the same

31

30

32

35

26

It is difficult to say

23

23

20

19

31

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CANCELING ENTRANCE EXAMS FOR UNIVERSITIES AND REPLACING THEM WITH A UNIFIED STATE EXAM TO BE ADMINISTERED UPON COMPLETION OF SCHOOL?

 

May

01

Oct.

03

May

04

June

06

June

07

May

10

May

11

May

13

May

14

May

15

Entirely

positive

18

19

13

14

12

9

10

13

12

9

Somewhat

positive

32

25

31

30

28

25

26

28

31

28

Somewhat

negative

19

20

22

22

25

31

25

23

26

28

Entirely

negative

9

14

15

10

11

12

16

12

12

12

It is difficult

to say

22

22

20

24

24

23

23

24

19

23

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CANCELING ENTRANCE EXAMS FOR UNIVERSITIES AND REPLACING THEM WITH A UNIFIED STATE EXAM TO BE ADMINISTERED UPON COMPLETION OF SCHOOL?

 

 

All

Age group

18-24

25-39

40-54

55 +

Entirely positive

9

16

6

10

8

Somewhat positive

28

39

35

26

18

Somewhat negative

28

26

32

28

24

Entirely negative

12

9

9

13

15

It is difficult to say

23

9

17

24

35

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PLANS TO CREATE A UNIFIED STATE TEXTBOOK ON… (100% per line)

 

History?

Literature?

Mathematics?

May 13

May 14

May 15

May 14

May 15

May 14

May 15

Entirely positive

32

46

52

45

52

45

52

Somewhat positive

39

38

27

39

29

38

28

Somewhat negative

8

5

8

4

6

5

7

Entirely negative

2

2

2

3

3

3

2

It is difficult to say

19

9

11

9

10

9

11

Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly  Monterey Institute of International Studies).

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