An essay in the Unified State Exam in Russian is the main part of the exam. Experts have prepared a list of criteria for essays in the Unified State Examination, according to which this part is assessed. In preparation for the exam, the student must familiarize himself with the requirements for the text. Let's take a closer look at this information: detailed description You can study the criteria for assessing the Unified State Exam essay in the Russian language on the official website of the FIPI.

So, by what criteria is an essay assessed in 2016?

1. Formulation of the problems of the presented (source) text. For compliance with this criterion, 1 point is awarded.
2. Commentary on the problem formulated earlier. Provide two examples from the source text to confirm the problem raised by the author. If the examinee correctly identifies the problem, provides two examples and does not make factual errors, he will “earn” 3 points.
3. Correct reflection of the author's position and attitude towards the source text. 1 point for compliance with this point.
4. Argumentation of the examinee’s opinion and giving two examples confirming it. One example is given from the literature, the second example, at the discretion of the student, is indicated both on the basis of life experience and on the basis of the material read. This essay criterion in the Unified State Exam is considered one of the most difficult for many schoolchildren. For compliance with the criterion, the test taker will receive 3 points from the expert.
5. The speech format of the essay is also important: for the integrity of the narrative, coherence in meaning and consistency of presentation, an additional 2 points are awarded.
6. The text should be “rich” in speech expressions, precise and expressive. For compliance with this point in the absence of speech errors (criterion number 10), the student will receive another 2 points.
7. The following essay criteria are aimed at assessing your literacy level. Compliance with spelling standards is a separate requirement for the text. 3 points are awarded for it.
8. Compliance with punctuation rules will earn you 3 more points.
9. If the text complies with language standards, then this is plus 2 points to the score.
10. Absence of speech errors - 2 points.
11. No errors regarding ethical standards— 1 point.
12. The last criterion when evaluating an essay in the Unified State Examination in the Russian language is the absence of factual errors. For completing this item, 1 point is awarded.

Thus, for an essay in the Unified State Exam, a student can earn 24 points according to 12 criteria. Please note that the highest grades for these criteria are awarded when requirements regarding the length of the text are met. 150-300 words is the recommended length of an essay. You can study the essay assessment system in more detail on the FIPI website; there are also demo versions available that allow you to evaluate the format of the assignments.

In the Unified State Examination in the Russian language 2017, 25 tasks are assessed, of which 24 are tests, and 25 are essays based on the text. Today in test tasks it is necessary to either write down the words correctly (and not just find them), or find two correct answers from those proposed (task 1 and 15), or name the numbers indicating the correct placement of commas. Task 7 remains difficult, where you need to correlate erroneous sentences with the rules according to which the errors were made.

Essay evaluation criteria

When assessing literacy (K7–K10), the length of the essay should be taken into account. The assessment standards indicated in the table are developed for essays of 150–300 words. If the essay contains less than 70 words, then such work is not counted and is scored 0 points, the task is considered uncompleted.

When counting words, both independent and functional parts of speech are taken into account. Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example, “still” is one word, “still” is two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, “M.Yu. Lermontov” is one word). Any other symbols, in particular numbers, are not taken into account when calculating (for example, “5 years” is one word, “five years” is two words).
If the essay contains partially or completely rewritten by the examinee the text of the review of task 24 and/or information about the author of the text, then the volume of such work is determined without taking into account the text of the review and/or information about the author of the text.

When evaluating an essay ranging from 70 to 150 words, the number of acceptable four mistakes species (K7–K10) decreases.

2 points according to these criteria are given in the following cases:
K7 – there are no spelling errors (or one minor mistake was made);
K8 – there are no punctuation errors (or one minor error was made).

1 point according to these criteria is given in the following cases:
K7 – no more than two mistakes were made;
K8 – one to three mistakes were made;
K9 – no grammatical errors;
K10 – no more than one speech error was made.

The highest score according to criteria K7–K12 is not given for work ranging from 70 to 150 words.

If the essay is a retelling or a complete rewrite of the original text without any comments, then such work in all aspects of the test (K1-K12) is scored 0 points. If the work, which is a rewritten or retold source text, contains fragments of the examinee’s text, then only the number of words that belong to the examinee is taken into account when checking. Work written without reference to the text read (not based on this text) is not graded.

In accordance with the Procedure for conducting state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education(Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated December 26, 2013 No. 1400 was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 3, 2014 No. 31205) “61. Based on the results of the first and second checks, the experts independently assign points for each answer to the tasks of the Unified State Examination paper with a detailed answer... 62. In the event of a significant discrepancy in the points given by two experts, a third check is assigned. A significant discrepancy in scores is defined in the assessment criteria for the relevant academic subject. The expert carrying out the third check is provided with information about the scores assigned by the experts who previously checked the examination work.”
A significant discrepancy is considered to be a discrepancy of 8 or more primary points between the sums of points awarded by the first and second experts for completing task 25 (for all 12 assessment positions). In this case, the third expert must give points only for those assessment positions for which the points given by the first and second experts differ.

Below are the criteria for assessing essays on the Unified State Exam in the Russian language for 2020. In the new demo versions in Russian 2020 assessment criteria have been changed K2 And K4.

What can give you the most points for:

• 5 points - for a comment on the source text problem - K2
• 3 points - for literacy: spelling (K7) and punctuation (K8)

Argumentation of your own opinion on the problem - REMOVED in 2019!

Maximum you can get it for writing 24 points.

Criteria for assessing the answer to task 27

K1 Formulation of source text problems

• 1 point. The examinee (in one form or another in any part of the essay) correctly formulated one of the problems of the source text. There are no factual errors related to the understanding and formulation of the problem.
• 0 points. The examinee was unable to correctly formulate any of the problems in the source text. *If the examinee did not formulate or formulated incorrectly (in one form or another in any part of the essay) one of the problems of the source text, then such work according to criteria K1–K4 is scored 0 points

K2 Commentary on the formulated problem of the source text

• 5 points. 2 illustration examples from the read text that are important for understanding the problem. An explanation is given for the two examples given. A semantic connection between them is revealed. There are no factual errors related to understanding the source text problem in the commentary.
• 4 points. The problem formulated by the examinee is commented on based on the source text. The examinee cited no less 2 illustration examples from the read text that are important for understanding the problem. An explanation is given for the 2 examples given, But no semantic connection has been identified between them,
  or a semantic connection between examples has been identified, But Only one example is explained. There are no factual errors related to understanding the source text problem in the commentary
• 3 points. The problem formulated by the examinee is commented on based on the source text. The examinee cited no less 2 illustration examples But an explanation is given for only one example, the semantic connection between the examples is not identified, or the examinee brought 1 example-illustration from the text read, important for understanding the problem, and gave an explanation for it, or brought 2 illustration examples from the text read, important for understanding the problem, but did not explain their meaning. The semantic connection between the illustrative examples is indicated.
  There are no factual errors related to understanding the source text problem in the commentary.
• 2 points. The examinee brought 2 illustration examples from the text read, important for understanding the problem, But did not explain their meaning. The semantic connection between the illustrative examples has not been identified.
• 1 point. The examinee brought 1 example-illustration from the text read, important for understanding the problem, but did not explain its meaning.
• 0 points. Examples and illustrations from the text read, important for understanding the problem, are not given, or the problem is commented without relying on the source text, or the commentary contains factual errors (one or more) related to understanding the source text, or another problem not formulated by the examinee was commented on, or instead of a commentary, a simple retelling of the text is given, or instead of a comment, a large fragment of the source text is quoted.

K3 Reflection of the position of the author of the source text

• 1 point. The examinee correctly formulated the position of the author (narrator) of the source text on the commented problem. There are no factual errors related to understanding the position of the author of the source text.
• 0 points. The position of the author of the source text by the examinee is formulated incorrectly, or the position of the author of the source text is not formulated.

K4 Attitude to the author’s position on the problem of the source text

• 1 point. The examinee expressed his attitude to the position of the author of the text on the problem (agreeing or disagreeing with the author) and substantiated it.
• 0 points. The examinee did not express his attitude to the position of the author of the text, or the examinee’s thoughts do not correspond to the formulated problem, or the examinee’s opinion is stated only formally (for example, “I agree / disagree with the author”)

II. Speech design of the essay

K5 Semantic integrity, speech coherence and consistency of presentation

• 2 points. The work of the examinee is characterized by semantic integrity, verbal coherence and consistency of presentation: - there are no logical errors, the sequence of presentation is not broken; - there are no violations of paragraph division of the text in the work.
• 1 point. The work of the examinee is characterized by semantic integrity, coherence and consistency of presentation, But 1 logical error was made, and/or There is 1 violation of paragraph division of the text in the work.
• 0 points. The examinee’s work reveals a communicative intent, But more than 1 logical error was made, and/or There are 2 cases of violation of paragraph division of the text.

K6 Accuracy and expressiveness of speech

• 2 points. The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of expression of thoughts and the variety of grammatical structure of speech. * The examinee receives the highest score for this criterion only if the highest score is obtained for the K10 criterion.
• 1 point. The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of expression of thoughts, But the monotony of the grammatical structure of speech can be traced, or the work of the examinee is characterized by a variety of grammatical structure of speech, But there are violations of the accuracy of expression of thought.
• 0 points. The work of the examinee is characterized by a poor vocabulary and monotony of the grammatical structure of speech.

III. Literacy

K7 Compliance with spelling standards

• 3 points. There are no spelling errors (or 1 minor error).
• 2 points. 1-2 mistakes were made.
• 1 point. 3-4 mistakes were made.
• 0 points. More than 4 errors were made.

K8 Compliance with punctuation standards

• 3 points. There are no punctuation errors (or 1 minor error).
• 2 points. 1–3 mistakes made
• 1 point. 4–5 mistakes were made.
• 0 points. 6 or more errors were made.

K9 Compliance with language norms

• 2 points. There are no grammatical errors.
• 1 point. 1-2 mistakes were made.
• 0 points. 3 or more errors were made.

K10 Compliance with speech norms

• 2 points. No more than 1 speech error was made.
• 1 point. 2-3 mistakes were made.
• 0 points. 4 or more errors were made.

K11 Compliance with ethical standards

• 1 point. There are no ethical errors in the work.
• 0 points. Ethical errors were made (1 or more).

K12 Maintain factual accuracy in background material

• 1 point. There are no factual errors in the background material.
• 0 points. There were factual errors (1 or more) in the background material.

Maximum amount points for all written work (K1–K12) - 24 points.

• When assessing literacy (K7–K10), the length of the essay should be taken into account.When counting words, both independent and functional parts of speech are taken into account. Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example, “still” is one word, “still” is two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, “M.Yu. Lermontov” is one word). Any other symbols, in particular numbers, are not taken into account when calculating (for example, “5 years” is one word, “five years” is two words.
• The assessment standards indicated in the table are developed for essays of 150–300 words. If the essay contains partially or completely rewritten by the examinee the text of the review of task 26 and/or information about the author of the text, then the volume of such work is determined without taking into account the text of the review and/or information about the author of the text.
• If in an essay less than 70 words, then such work is not counted and is scored 0 points, the task is considered unfulfilled.
• When evaluating an essay ranging from 70 to 150 words, the number of permissible errors of four types (K7–K10) decreases.

2 points according to these criteria are given in the following cases:

• K7 – there are no spelling errors (or one minor mistake was made);
• K8 – there are no punctuation errors (or one minor error was made).

1 point according to these criteria is given in the following cases:

• K7 – no more than two mistakes were made;
• K8 – one to three mistakes were made;
• K9 – no grammatical errors;
• K10 – no more than one speech error was made.

The highest score according to criteria K7–K12 is not given for work ranging from 70 to 150 words.

• If the essay is a retelling or completely rewritten of the original text without any comments, then such work on all aspects of the test (K1-K12) is scored 0 points.
• If the work, which is a rewritten or retold source text, contains fragments of the examinee’s text, then only the number of words that belong to the examinee is taken into account when checking. Work written without reference to the text read (not based on this text) is not graded.

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When assessing literacy (K7-K10), the length of the essay should be taken into account 1.

1. The assessment standards indicated in the table are developed for essays of 150-300 words 2.

2. If the essay contains less than 70 words, then such work is not counted and is scored 0 points, the task is considered uncompleted.

When evaluating an essay ranging from 70 to 150 words, the number of permissible errors of four types (K7-K10) decreases.

2 points according to these criteria are given in the following cases:
K7 - there are no spelling errors (or one minor mistake was made);
K8 - there are no punctuation errors (or one minor error was made). 1 point according to these criteria is given in the following cases:
K7 - no more than two mistakes were made;
K8 - one to three mistakes were made;
K9 - no grammatical errors;
K10 - no more than one speech error was made.

The highest score according to criteria K7-K12 is not given for work ranging from 70 to 150 words.

If the essay is a retelling or a complete rewrite of the original text without any comments, then such work in all aspects of the test (K1-K12) is scored 0 points.

If the work, which is a rewrite or retelling of the original text, contains fragments of text
the examinee, then the test takes into account only the number of words that belong to the examinee.

Work written without reference to the text read (not based on this text) is not graded.

1 When counting words, both independent and auxiliary parts of speech are taken into account.
Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example, “still” is one word, “still” is two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, “M.Yu. Lermontov” is one word). Any other symbols, in particular numbers, are not taken into account when calculating (for example, “5 years” - one word, “five years” - two
words).
2 If the essay contains partially or completely rewritten by the examinee the text of the review of task 24 and/or information about the author of the text, then the volume of such work is determined without taking into account the text of the review and/or information about the author of the text.

In accordance with the Procedure for conducting state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education (order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated December 26, 2013 No. 1400, registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 3, 2014 No. 31205)
"61. Based on the results of the first and second checks, experts independently assign points for each answer to the tasks of the Unified State Examination paper with a detailed answer...
62. If there is a significant discrepancy in the scores given by two experts, a third check is assigned. A significant discrepancy in scores is defined in the assessment criteria for the relevant academic subject.
The expert carrying out the third check is provided with information about the scores assigned by the experts who previously checked the examination work.”