The University Entrance Examination and New School-leaving Exam

In connection with the legislative changes which have been taking place in the Czech Republic since the adoption of the New School Act and in accordance with the European Union recommendations, the demand for measurable results in education, which would be transparent, valid, reliable and comparable, has arisen. The issues connected with the evaluation of results in education will be dealt with in an autonomous institution - Centre for the Evaluation of the Results in Education (CERMAT). The newly established institution will start functioning on January 1st 2006.1 The Centre for the Evaluation of the Results in Education (CERMAT) is going to build on the results and data, which had been collected in the 2001 - 2006 period in the Centre for the Maturita Reform through annual research programmes, which were part of the programme cycle called "Step by Step to New Maturita".1 Graduation theses deal with testing issues in Science subjects (with the emphasis on Chemistry), ways and means can make use of the results in education (CERMAT) for entrance examination on university in the 2007-2008 period, interpretation of statistic data in relation to a test and to individual items. The basic principles of testing can make use of creation and test construction from chemistry on secondary schools. With the help of..