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In the framework of the emergency by covid-19, the Ministry of Education reviewed and adjusted the contents of the 4th medium that will consider the Transition Tests that will be used for admission to the universities attached to the System of Access to Higher Education, which as of this year it is in charge of the Undersecretariat of Higher Education.
After a detailed analysis of the Curriculum and Evaluation Unit (UCE), the Mineduc asked the Department of Evaluation, Measurement and Educational Registry of the University of Chile (Demre) to prioritize in the 2020 Transition Tests the essential content for students of 4 ° average of the whole country.
“This will be a different year for the students and especially for the juniors who will take the Transitional Tests that will replace the old PSU. We want this emergency not to harm students and that is why we are prioritizing content so that schools can focus on those that are essential, “said the Undersecretary for Higher Education, Juan Eduardo Vargas.
Specifically, the syllabi of the compulsory tests of Reading Comprehension and Mathematics were updated, in addition to the elective test of History. In the case of Sciences, an adjustment of the syllabus is not contemplated, since, both in the common module and in the electives, content that is taught up to 3rd grade is mainly considered. The detail of all the topics of each test is now available on the Mineduc and Demre portals.
In early March, the Ministry of Education reported that starting this year the new Access System for Higher Education will consider a Transition Test for university admission in the years 2020 and 2021, in which the most questioned aspects will be eliminated. from the PSU and will gradually add questions that measure the essential competencies for the good performance of students in Higher Education.
In this way, about a third of the contents or sections of the old test are deleted, which according to all the evidence were not essential and fostered inequities among students.
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