"Nationwide Achievement Test" also goes online from paper Next trial from August 27, 4:21
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will try from the next fiscal year to shift from the method of writing on the answer sheet to the method of answering online using a PC and verifying the "national academic ability test" with more than 2 million elementary and junior high school students participating. It was decided to go.
The "National Achievement Test" was canceled this year due to the effect of the new coronavirus, but this year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology conducted it to understand the academic ability and learning situation. In total, over 2 million people participate.
On the 26th, an expert meeting of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who is considering how to implement this scholastic ability test, compiled an interim report.
Based on the fact that the achievement of ICT in academic achievement surveys is progressing worldwide and that one terminal for elementary and junior high school students is being prepared in Japan, answers are answered online using a personal computer. It is said that it is necessary to proceed with the examination for the introduction of the method.
On the other hand, as an issue to be introduced, it is necessary to consider the ICT environment at the school site, such as the burden on the server is large when it is carried out all over the country and children need to get accustomed to PCs from ordinary learning I am.
For this reason, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will proceed with concrete verification while conducting trials from the next fiscal year.