What does an Unified State Examination appeal give? What to do if you don’t agree with the Unified State Exam scores – rules for filing an appeal. Appeal of disagreement with the results of the Unified State Exam
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The personal page shows the scores for all exams passed, scans of answer forms and recognition results of the first part. The assignments themselves and drafts are not posted, and only scores are shown for speaking, without audio recordings.
Exam results can be challenged through an appeal. There are two types of it: about violation of the procedure for conducting the exam and about disagreement with the assigned points.
In the tab with primary scores, you can see what the experts rated and how. An assessment is a criterion with a score. For example, according to the fourteenth criterion - the quality of the social facts and examples given - I was given one point out of two possible. You can decipher the criterion using demo versions of the Unified State Examination. One point is given for one source, two points are given for two or more sources. Types of appeal
Appeal about violation of procedure
To file an appeal about a violation of the exam procedure, you must write a statement to a member of the state examination commission. He works at each examination point - PPE. Contact any organizer: during the exam, one of them is always sitting in the corridor and will be able to take you to to the right person.
The commission will review CCTV footage and interview the organizers. If there are no surveillance cameras or they do not work, this is also a reason for an appeal.
If the commission finds that you are right, the work will be canceled and the exam will be allowed to be retaken. The retake usually takes place two weeks after the exam, at the end of June or early July. These are reserve days when graduates of previous years take the Unified State Exam. If the appeal is rejected, the submitted work will not be allowed to be completed, so it is better to finish it despite the noise and other circumstances.
An appeal about a violation of the procedure must be filed before leaving the borders of the PES. The boundary is the frame of the metal detector or the area where the guard sits, usually in the hallway after the cloakroom and hallway.
Appeals about violations of the procedure for conducting exams are filed very rarely, and are granted even less often. When I was preparing for the appeal, I read 15 reports of subject commissions on the Unified State Exam in 2015 and 2016. Usually there are either no such appeals, or they are rejected - and the reasons are written in general terms. Therefore, you should only file an appeal about a violation of the exam procedure if you are completely sure that you are right.
Most often, in emergency situations, the exam is canceled without an appeal. For example, my friend in Unified State Exam time A fire broke out in the school, and the exam was postponed to a reserve day, two weeks later. The printer in my classroom broke down and the organizers couldn’t print the assignments. The exam was scheduled to start at 10:45 and papers were printed at 10:42.
Types of appeal
Appeal of disagreement with points
Another appeal option is to challenge the exam results after they have been announced. It happens that the computer does not recognize the form - then personal account it is missing or there is a blank sheet in its place. It happens that the computer recognizes some answers incorrectly. Even experts can make mistakes. If you disagree with the results, this is a reason to contact the conflict commission to have the work re-evaluated.
I filed an appeal against the results of the social studies exam - in the second part I did not agree with the deducted score. The essay had to give examples from at least two sources, and the experts decided that Theresa May, Adolf Hitler and Orwell's 1984 were one and the same.
How the commission checks the work
The conflict commission checks the work completely, even if you disagree with one issue. Remember that points can not only be increased, but also decreased, so file an appeal only if you are completely sure that you are right. To reduce the risk, first consult with your teacher or tutor and tell them all the assignments as accurately as possible.
Tatyana Yakhontova
former member of the appeal committee
It is useless to complain about the structure and content of tasks and the assessment of the first part, if we are not talking about a recognition error. If the exam was not accepted due to incorrect formatting of the work or bad behavior, this will also not be possible to challenge. Also, during the exam you cannot write your first and last name on the form: the answers will not be checked and the appeal will not be accepted. But you can ask for an explanation for each point.
If you want to prove to the commission that you are right, you need serious sources: laws, scientific works and textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education. Therefore, it is usually pointless to refer to Baranov’s reference book on social science, and school textbook history or the Constitution of the Russian Federation will do.
How to appeal
Appeals regarding disagreement with scores are accepted within two days after the official date of publication of the results, excluding Sundays and holidays. Most often, the results are published earlier, but the days are still counted from the official date. For example, in 2018, the Unified State Examination results in literature and physics appeared on the second of July, and the official date was the fourth. The appeal could be filed on the fifth or sixth.
You can write an appeal directly to the commission, or you can ask the school for help. Before the Unified State Exam, I was given the phone number of an employee who works with the conflict commission. When I decided to appeal, it turned out that she had gone on vacation. So I went to the head teacher. He gave me the address of the commission and offered to go with me, but I decided that I could handle it myself.
The commission registered the application, set a day and time for the appeal, told me about the procedure, and signed my copy. I was also asked to choose the form of consideration of the appeal: in the presence of the appellant, in the presence of a legal representative or in absentia. As it was explained to me, a parent or teacher can come in with the appellant and help him prove his case. I did not take advantage of this opportunity because the experts' mistake seemed obvious.
The appeal is considered for four working days, during which time it can be withdrawn. On the fifth day there is usually a meeting.
How is the meeting going?
My appeal was considered at the same place where my application was accepted. Before the meeting starts, you need to register and find an audience, so you should arrive ten to fifteen minutes before the appointed time. Don't forget your passport. If you are late, your appeal will be considered as soon as possible. free time, if you don’t come, it’s in absentia. The results will appear on the website with Unified State Exam results.
According to the rules, each appellant is given 20 minutes to prove his case. But, in my experience, if you don’t meet this deadline, you are unlikely to be kicked out: the person in front of me spoke to the commission for almost half an hour. Therefore, you may have to wait a little. It depends on your luck: everyone is prescribed exact time consideration, but I waited almost half an hour for my turn. At the same time, I myself and another person in front of me completed it in 10 minutes.
The head of the commission called me into the audience. They checked my passport again, showed me printouts of my forms and asked if they were definitely mine. Then they asked to check the forms that were evaluated by the computer. This is a formality, but I carefully compared the answers anyway - and discovered that in one of them the computer read “15” instead of “25”. Unfortunately, the computer error was due to an incorrect answer, so this did not add any points to me.
Another mistake was simpler: the commission admitted that the experts had gotten carried away with the sources and returned the deducted point.
Both corrections were made to the protocol. The chairman of the commission read the decision and asked to sign it. The signature in the commission's decision confirms your presence and not agreement with the outcome of the appeal. If you refuse, the commission will draw up an act, and the decision will still come into force.
If you disagree with the conflict commission, its decision can be challenged in Moscow. The terms and conditions are the same: you must submit your application within two working days, and it will be reviewed within four. I did not dispute anything and my exam results were updated two days after the hearing.
The conflict commission works with primary USE scores - these are preliminary scores that are obtained by simply adding up the points for correct answers. The initial scores are converted into test scores - this is the final result of the exam, which is published on websites and accepted at universities.
Test scores usually one and a half to two times higher than the primary ones. One primary score, which I returned on appeal, added two points to official result exam, and instead of 83 points I got 85.
Unfortunately, this was still not enough to enter my university on a budget. But at least I tried.
Briefly: how to appeal the results of the Unified State Examination
- If something prevents you from taking the exam, you can file an appeal for violation of the order conducting the Unified State Exam. This must be done before leaving the PES, but it is better to hand in the work first: if the appeal is rejected, you will not be able to complete it.
- If you disagree with the scores, you can submit a score appeal. This must be done within two days after the official announcement of the exam results. The application is accepted by the conflict commission.
- The application is considered for four days. During this time you can still change your mind.
- The meeting takes 20 minutes. During this time, the commission will check the forms, listen to you and announce a decision. It can be challenged in Moscow by filing a second appeal.
- If you have to prove that you are right, it is better to rely on textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education - or call a teacher with you.
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The field, the duel - all these are historically state-sanctioned ways to determine justice when it is impossible to do this in any other way. Verbal dispute, appeal! How many such fights took place throughout the country in the fight for Unified State Examination points-2015 in social studies! Our story is about some of them.
Get help from an Unified State Exam expert in preparing for an appeal about disagreement with the assigned scores!
Appeal against Unified State Exam results
So, the Unified State Exam 2015 is in full swing. The main days of exams have ended and the reserve days have begun. Unified State Exam scores are being calculated throughout the country. Government bodies are average (they, according to preliminary estimates, for example, in the Russian language, specialized mathematics and social studies, increased by an average of 3 points). Graduates who have received all the results are general for admission (universities are already accepting documents). And some are preparing to revise them. That is, to the appeal.
What is an appeal? This is a verbal duel between the graduate and the experts who checked the work. Humanities subjects—especially history and social studies—often contain in the form of answers not dogmas, but assumptions and theories. And the appeal often turns into a conversation... what did you mean?(as the popular song sang).
As we see, a Unified State Exam participant can not only increase, but also has a chance of losing points as a result of consideration of his work in the written part 2. Since last year, by the way, But... more on that another time. The appeal procedure itself, by the way, gives rise to completely different assessments... One gets the impression that sometimes it depends on personal discretion (or arbitrariness) on the ground. For example, look at the interesting comments on our post about Yes, and the graduates themselves are therefore simply guessing about what awaits them behind closed doors during the appeal. Here is an example of one of the “outreach efforts” on social networks:
As we can see, preparation for an appeal begins long before the exam results are received. You need to seriously prepare for it. After all, Unified State Exam statistics show that only less than 10% of those who filed an appeal can count on it being at least partially satisfied.
What do the statistics say?
Let's look at the statistics of our group subscribers 
.So, how did our subscribers pass the Unified State Exam 2015 in social studies?
Average taller than guys in the country(Bye GPA, announced by Rosobrnadzor without taking into account those who passed in the reserve and the appeal (at which, however, little changes globally) is 56.65. And approximately 60% of our subscribers, who prepared using materials from the site and the group, passed in the range from 60 to 80 points, more than 20% are high-scorers (more than 80 points!).
What do our statistics say about appeals to the Unified State Exam in Social Studies 2015?
The result of the appeal to the Unified State Exam 2015 in social studies. Survey http://vk.com/egewin
Of those who voted, 90% simply did not go to appeal. For different reasons. However about 10% managed to defend from 1 to 3 of their which can then give a decent increase in test score on a 100-point scale.
Unconstructive approach to appealing the Unified State Exam result
Do you need to fight for your points? We think YES! Although, there is an opinion that this is often useless. However, it is possible to convince experts if the scores are truly low (and this is the result of natural subjectivity, the human factor, the expert’s fatigue and a whole range of reasons). For example, here is my dialogue with a graduate Alisa Marisova, managed to defend as many as 3 primary points!
Here is an example of a different attitude towards the appeal procedure.
Many graduates understand that an appeal, competently prepared with the help consultations with an Unified State Examination expert, may allow them to get a score or two that is important for admission. But... this is the time and effort of the expert, and may be his paid service. Another dialogue in the studio (with Evgenia Zemlyanskaya). Please check the essay:
A small note for infantile graduates. Analyzing your essay is the responsibility of your social studies teacher. I don’t owe you anything, agree? Now multiply the number of requests like yours to me by the proportion of those taking the Unified State Exam in Society in Russia?
Learn to respect other people's work and know that in adult life, where you go out, you have to pay for everything.
A constructive approach to appealing the Unified State Exam result
But now there is a different appeal to the expert, and a completely different attitude towards the need for an appeal, an understanding of its extreme importance for the final result, admission. Note that Elya Karpaeva— first-year student, studying in Vladivostok. Last year I couldn’t pass the budget test, and I’m trying again to get the score required to get into the budget test this year! She passed the Unified State Exam 2015 in social studies 82 points(25 above the Russian average!).
Note that in test part 1 the graduate lost only 1 point! Things were a little worse in For which Elya was going to fight with my help! At the same time, it’s nice when they say thank you for your work (Elya used the author in preparation):
Analysis of responses and choice of appeal strategy
Let's look at the forms of part 2 of the graduate, which she received in her personal account on the USE-2015 technical support resource:
We note the large amount of work done by the applicant, good readable handwriting and absolutely correct formatting of answers: where necessary, the conditions of the task are written out, making the expert’s work as easy as possible. Such work usually only makes you want to meet the graduate halfway!
So, we didn’t have the text or assignments for it, so we decided to leave assignment 30, the wording of which the applicant did not remember. Our focus was on the tasks
A big mistake. on this Don't argue with anything; an appeal here is pointless.
Task 34
One of the points was not awarded for this task, the maximum being 3.
Task 34
On 34, to be honest, I don’t understand what they found fault with. That's right, you cited all three signs of this type of society. Maybe it just sounds a little vague "increasing life expectancy." Formally, it also happens in comparison with But, you specify *developed medicine (ideally, of course, it would be nice to add that medicine is capable of defeating previously incurable diseases - cancer, AIDS).
Here need to fight. Now let us give an example for argumentation about the development of medicine in an industrial society.
In the USSR by 1960, there were 20 doctors per 10 thousand people, in the RSFSR - 19.3, in Western Siberia only 15.5. Science Library dissertations and abstracts disserCat http://www.dissercat.com/content/razvitie-zdravookhra..(Development of healthcare in the cities of Western Siberia (1946-1960) dissertation for the degree of candidate historical sciences. Dudkina M.P.).
2010 Among the countries with the largest number of doctors per capita, Russia, according to WHO data, ranks fifth - for every 10 thousand Russians there are 42 doctors with higher education.
That is, we compare the indicators of industrial (1960) and societies (2010).
The mobility of industrial society is massive. For example, mass movement to cities, migration to New World(USA of the 19th century).
No, I'm not talking about that. It is clear that there are more mobility channels and access to them is also wider. The industrial social man is tied to the machine. The mobility of post-industrial society is individual. The means of transport are much more developed. Internet is added. It allows a person, creating an information product, to do work while traveling, changing countries around the world. An example from life is the phenomenon of freelancing. This is how creators of information and information products do their work and earn money - web designers, people of liberal professions. We are much more mobile than people were 20-30 years ago.
The final arguments of the members of the conflict commission turned out to be more than paradoxical:
1. Russia is not a post-industrial society (!!!).2. Theory is not connected with practice (!!!).
Well, it shows complete incompetence and the inability to move away from the mental pattern, closed-mindedness, to put it simply. An attempt to argue the point here failed.
It's a complicated plan. And again we are fighting for 1 point that was not given.
What confuses me first of all is the structure of your plan. It looks like a frantic attempt to throw everything you know about onto paper. And the structure and its consistency is one of the key evaluation criteria.
Ideally it could look like this:
1. The concept of “power”
2. Types of power:
— political
— economic
- military
- spiritual
- informational
3. Signs political power:
- sovereignty
- legitimacy
- concentration in the hands of the state
- monopoly on the legal use of force
- monopoly on the publication of laws
4. We would match
So, they could reduce it for: 1. lack of information about other types of power; 2. Lack of structure in the answer (for example, the concept definitely does not need to be disclosed); 3. Point “principles of existence”. For example, subparagraph b) effectiveness. Are political reforms, for example, always effective? 4. An important point about the state and its role was “hidden” at the end and not disclosed. And they should have been brought to the fore.
This is called a structural approach. If political is a type of power, you need to start with power. You can try to appeal to the plan, but I don’t think there will be any results.
And, indeed, according to the applicant, the experts on the conflict commission were even going to reduce the score (they have the right!!!).
The Unified State Examination procedure provides for the Unified State Examination participant the opportunity to file an appeal in two cases.
Appeal about violation of the established procedure for conducting the Unified State Exam
Such an appeal is submitted on the day of the exam immediately after its completion. If a USE participant wants to file an appeal, he must do so before leaving the PPE (exam reception point).
You must inform the exam organizer of your intention to appeal and receive a form on which to file an appeal.
The appeal is written in two copies and submitted to the authorized representative of the State Examination Commission (GEC), who must affix both copies with his signature, after which one copy is given to the Unified State Examination participant, and the other is transferred to the conflict commission.
The result of the appeal consideration must be provided to the graduate no later than 3 calendar days after its submission. When filing an appeal, you need to find out where you can get an answer about its consideration. Usually, the result of the appeal can be found at your educational institution (educational institution) or at the local education authority (local education authority).
An internal investigation is being conducted into the appeal. If violations of the established procedure for conducting the Unified State Examination are confirmed and it is recognized that they could have a significant impact on the graduate’s work results, then the appeal is granted.
Attention:
An appeal will not be accepted if a violation of the exam procedure and established rules was committed by the Unified State Exam participant himself.
What is the outcome of an appeal if it is successful?
The Unified State Examination result is canceled and the participant is given the opportunity to take the Unified State Examination in this subject on another day. Another day is a reserve day for taking the exam in this subject. The date and place of retaking the Unified State Exam are determined for all persons taking the exam on a reserve day.
Appeal of disagreement with the results of the Unified State Exam
How and when is an appeal filed?
Such an appeal can be filed within two working days after the official announcement of the Unified State Examination results and familiarization with the results of the work.
If a Unified State Exam participant does not agree with the result and intends to file an appeal, then within two working days he must file an appeal in any form or in the form received from the head of his educational institution ( educational institution) - for graduates of the current year, or the executive secretary of the conflict commission - for graduates of previous years.
The appeal is drawn up in two copies and handed over to the persons indicated above, who must accept it, certifying both copies with their signature. After this, one copy is returned to the Unified State Exam participant, and the other is transferred to the conflict commission.
The Unified State Examination participant must receive information about the time and place of consideration of his appeal.
How is an appeal processed?
The Unified State Examination participant has the right to be present at the procedure for considering his appeal. You must have a passport and a pass with the stamp “Unified State Exam Forms Passed” (or PPE stamp).
Attention:
If the Unified State Examination participant is under 18 years of age, his parents or legal representatives, who must have passports with them (legal representatives must have documents confirming their authority), may be present instead of him or with him during the consideration of the appeal.
Teachers or tutors of the Unified State Examination participant are not allowed to attend the appeal hearing.
The Unified State Examination participant confirms in the appeal protocol that copies of the forms have been presented, the answers in the forms are recognized correctly, and signs the appeal protocol.
If the Unified State Examination participant or his parent (legal representative) does not appear for the appeal hearing, the correct recognition of the forms is confirmed by members of the conflict commission.
Attention:
- Appeals regarding the content and structure of CIMs are not accepted for consideration.
- Drafts cannot be appeal material.
During the consideration of the appeal, subject matter experts show the work to the Unified State Examination participant and explain why points were awarded or not awarded.
Remember:
When considering an appeal, only the participant’s compliance with Unified State Exam assignments Part C (essays).
Only technical complaints are possible regarding the test part.
As a result of consideration of the appeal by the conflict commission, the score can be changed for the better by only 1-2 points. Since, when considering an appeal, the work is checked again, it is possible that the experts will deem it necessary not to increase, but to reduce the points for the work.
For almost ten years now, in our country, the Unified State Exam has become not only the main form of final certification of graduates’ knowledge, but also a passing grade for admission to other educational establishments.
According to the Russian Ministry of Education, this form of certification allows:
- Unbiasedly determine the quality of the student’s knowledge.
- Remove excessive psycho-emotional stress from them.
- Provide the opportunity to enter educational institutions based on final Unified State Examination scores, not in the applicant’s area of residence.
Despite the fact that this form of certification of graduates has been used for almost ten years, there are still plenty of questions about its implementation and filing an appeal. In this article we will try to answer in as much detail as possible all questions related to the appeal in one way or another, and we will talk about the existing rules for filing it.
When and where can you file an appeal of Unified State Exam scores - deadlines
Many parents ask the same question: “When is it better not to try to defend your case and not file an appeal?”
We would like to point out right away that you should not file an appeal only when your work is rated one hundred points by the commission. In all other cases (in case of disagreement), it is necessary to file a protest!
What is a conflict commission?
- All controversial issues are resolved by territorial conflict commissions specially created for this purpose.
- The commission consists of: the chairman, his deputy, and experts.
- The numerical composition of the CC directly depends on the number of graduates in a given educational institution. A technical secretary is hired to conduct office work.
- All experts undergo detailed training in advance.
- After considering the appeal, a decision is made by voting.
- The right of the second (decisive) vote belongs to the chairman.
How to appeal your Unified State Exam scores: instructions
- Take 2 appeal forms from the technical secretary.
- Write a claim.
- Reassure them.
- Take one form for yourself, give the second to the secretary.
- Clarify information about the place and time of the meeting of the appeal commission.
- It is advisable to take the contact number of KK and leave your number.
Types of appeals of Unified State Examination results
There are only two types:
- According to the procedure for conducting the Unified State Exam . The appeal is submitted immediately after the exam, without leaving the PPE.
- Based on the Unified State Exam result . Within 2 working days.
To avoid any misunderstandings, many schools have voluntary observers during the Unified State Examination. School management is not against their presence. Complaints related to the content and structures of CMMs are not considered.
- Clarify in which PPE and when the complaint will be considered.
- Don't be late and have proper appearance. You must have your passport and pass with you.
- Carefully check the copies of the forms and confirm their authenticity in the protocol.
- Argue your claims clearly and concisely.
- After the decision is made, the CC will sign the protocol.
- Receive a written conclusion from the QC in a timely manner (3 days).
Where, who and how long does it take to consider an application to challenge the results of the Unified State Examination?
- The powers, composition and terms of work of territorial committees are established by the local education department, information is communicated to all interested parties 14 days before the Unified State Exam.
- A complaint about violation of the rules of the Unified State Examination must be considered within 2 working days.
- The period for consideration of a complaint about disagreement with the points assigned by the commission is 4 working days. Saturday is considered a working day.
What could be the result of the appeal - options
There are two options - reject or grant the appeal.
- In the first case, the applicant who filed the appeal and is present in person at the commission will be able to verify that there were no technical errors or failures. Therefore, the points are calculated correctly. Along with the student, his parents can also attend the CC.
- If violations are detected, the certification results are canceled. The results of the decision of the appeal commission become known on the day of consideration.
- Under no circumstances will there be any reprisals for filing an appeal.
- An appeal is not a re-examination.
- The decision of the CC can only be reviewed at the Federal level.
So, if the CC decided to uphold the appeal, then the previous USE results will be cancelled. The applicant is given the opportunity to retake the subject.
How should an applicant behave before the commission? But what to do if, even after the experts’ arguments, you do not agree with their verdict? Calmly thank them and ask where you need to go to have your work double-checked by federal-level experts?
When sending an appeal for verification at the federal level, it is necessary to take into account that the experts at this level are not aware of the initially assigned points. They will evaluate the work from scratch. It is possible that their result will be lower than the previous one. But if you are sure that the assessment is biased, why not take the risk? After all, an appeal is an opportunity to achieve justice. Good luck! And not a fluff....
A list of key points to pay attention to when filing an appeal.
Started passing the Unified State Exam and the first results will appear soon. Some of the graduates will breathe a sigh of relief when they see them, while others will think that in fact he deserves more, and the grade given by the inspectors does not reflect his real level of knowledge. What to do in this case?
The answer lies on the surface - graduates who want to challenge the result of the Unified State Examination can resort to an appeal - a procedure aimed at protecting the rights of examinees. Whether or not to do this is ultimately a personal matter. On the one hand, this, of course, is additional stress and risk. But sometimes one or two extra points can become decisive when entering a university and therefore there are always those who are ready to go to the end.
In what cases can you file an appeal?
There are two such cases. The first is challenging the exam procedure itself, violations of which led to the fact that you were unable to write the exam as successfully as possible.
The second option is to challenge the points received on the Unified State Exam. Let's look at each of the options listed above in a little more detail.
Appeal in case of violation of the Unified State Examination procedure
In this case, the appeal must be filed immediately after the end of the exam, and before the student leaves the class. The application must be written in two copies - the first of them goes to the conflict commission, and the second remains with the graduate. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that a member of the examination committee puts a note on the application that the document has been accepted for consideration.
The application must also be registered in a special journal and reviewed within two days after submission. The date, place and time of the procedure must be communicated to the student and his parents or legal representatives.
As a result, the commission may satisfy the student’s demands, or, on the contrary, decide that they are groundless. A positive decision by the commission means that the result of the work will be canceled, and the student will be able to rewrite the Unified State Examination - special days are allocated for this in the schedule. If the decision is negative, the exam result remains unchanged.
Appeal in case of disagreement with the results of the Unified State Exam
In this case, the appeal must be submitted within two working days from the announcement of the Unified State Examination results in the subject. As in the previous case, you will need to write two copies of the application, sending one of them to the conflict commission, and keeping the second for yourself. The application must be marked with a note that it has been drawn up in accordance with the form and has been accepted for consideration.
The decision to hold an appeal must be made no later than 4 working days after the conflict commission receives such an application. Each application goes through a registration procedure, and information regarding the date, time and place of the appeal is communicated to the student (his parents or legal representatives).
During the appeal, the student must be shown a package of his documents and the written conclusion of the commission on the subject. At this stage, you need to be especially careful: the student will have to sign that, for example, the scanned work with answers belongs to him. Members of the appeal committee must give a clear answer as to why certain points were assigned. The procedure usually takes no more than 20 minutes per student. Based on its results, the commission can make the following decisions:
- reject the student’s requests and retain the assigned points if no technical or other errors were found during the assessment process;
- satisfy the appeal and change the points if errors were identified. It should be remembered that points can be revised in either direction (increased or decreased).
What is important to do before appealing?
First of all, you need to refresh your memory of your work as much as possible in order to have arguments to defend your own point of view.
You should also carefully read the scoring criteria to understand how objective you consider the commission’s decision on each point;
go to the subject teacher or tutor with whom you prepared for the Unified State Exam - they will help you sort out ambiguous points and give recommendations on how to behave and explain your opinion.
It is also important that for each point with which you disagree, it is necessary to formulate an exact question to the commission in advance so that the conversation is substantive in nature, and you can explain why you did it this way and not differently. Argumentation supported by specific facts always looks more compelling.
How to behave during an appeal?
Here's some advice:
First, go to the appeal with a parent or other adult who can represent you. Yesterday's schoolchild will most likely be at a loss in the face of a conflict commission. In addition, he may be given an answer that is devoid of specifics. Mom, dad or other close person will help you feel much more confident, and their opinions and arguments can play a decisive role in the dispute.
Second: insist that the work be rechecked in your presence. Quite often, a graduate is told that the work has already been rechecked, and the commission decided to leave the result unchanged. Remember that this state of affairs grossly violates your rights - an appeal in absentia is possible only if the student and his representatives simply did not appear for the procedure. The final decision on the work must be made in the presence of the appellant, and the members of the commission must explain each point deducted.
Third: do not leave the appeal venue until a comprehensive explanation of the work and decision of the commission is given. All underestimated scores must meet the criteria for evaluating the work, so do not accept as an answer the general formulation that the scores for the solved CMM are already high enough. Until you are satisfied with the explanation for each point deducted, do not sign the appeal paperwork.
Fourth: don't give up halfway. If you have already decided to appeal, then, by and large, there is nothing to lose.
Fifth: don't be afraid of an appeal. Behave calmly and confidently. Take this procedure as an opportunity to defend your interests. Remember that a significant portion of students who are not happy with their results are simply afraid to appeal so as not to lose the points they have earned. Of course, if a member of the commission finds additional errors during verification, the points may be revised downward. However, general statistics indicate that scores are usually raised more often than scores are lowered.
