Recent school rankings show signs of anxiety: Elite gym students also failed math

The researchers were alarmed that only 17 of the 332 gyms passed the state math maturity test. Most of those who did not survive, in the capital. Among them are elite gym graduates.

Presented the thematic ranking of gyms

According to the rankings compilers, the gymnasium subject rankings help students choose the school that has best learned the disciplines they will need to enter higher education and study.

Of the roughly 350 gymnasiums and high schools in the country stood out, whose graduates are most successful in passing state maturity exams (VBEs) in each subject.

He also pointed out that the compilation of the gymnasium subject rankings has changed significantly this year, as the “Rankai” magazine failed to obtain the National Education Agency (NSA) in 2020. State maturity test averages, by subject, results. Therefore, this time it was based on publicly available information: how many students took each exam in each school in the country and how many passed it low, that is, from 16 to 35 points (this parameter was not evaluated, because according to the authors, the school should not teach weakly), so this parameter is only available to the public.

Additionally, the school that passed the highest percentage (of all students who took a particular test) scored between 36 and 85 (that is, at the basic level) received 4 points. It is true that compilers note here that the NSA assigns a very wide range of estimates to the base level.

“In fact, a score of 36 to 85 should not be assigned to a basic level, as the interval between a weak and strong basic level estimate is as high as 49 points. Therefore, such a distinction is incorrect. But again, who could deny that this is not related to the desire to hide from public information that the majority of graduates reach a level slightly higher than weak, that is, they score between 36 and 50 points “, they commented rating agencies.

According to them, parents should require the NSAs to provide data, according to schools, to more correctly and clearly distinguish between a weak basic level and a strong basic level, now there are also four ninth and ninth in the same line.

The school that passed the highest grade (of all students who took a particular test) at the highest level, that is, scores from 86 to 100, received 6 points. Those schools that did not have failed graduates in a particular discipline received an extra point each.

“We will note that only those schools in which more than 5 graduates took Lithuanian language, mathematics, history and VBE English, and other exams if at least 3 graduates took the subject classification.”

Schools that select students are marked individually. However, due to significant changes in the classification methodology this year, it is not included in the subject classification of school places in previous years. They can be found in the December issues of the previous year’s “Ratings” magazine.

Particular attention is paid to mathematics.

The classifiers called for a lot of attention to be paid to math, as about 1/3 of all students in the country failed this state maturity test this year.

“If we look even deeper, we see that in just 17 of the 332 gyms (whose students took the math VBE) did all twelfth graders pass the state math maturity test. Most of those who did not survive, in the capital. Among them are elite gym graduates.

In absolute numbers, the majority (up to 70 graduates) did not pass the state mathematics maturity exam at the Vilnius “Žemynas” gymnasium. Until the spring of this year, this gymnasium was run by Rūta Krasauskienė, who won the competition to become the director of the National Education Agency (NSA) in April, ”the rating agencies emphasized.

According to them, if we were to look at the gyms, where more than 20 graduates were studying this year, it would be possible to see that 75.6% of VBEs did not pass mathematics in the “Laisvės” gymnasium in Vilnius. 72.22% of all graduates, Telšiai “Džiugas”, Panevėžys “Minties” and Vilnius Lithuanian House failed the math exam in 66.7%. of all twelfth graders, at Ignalina gym – 62.5%, at Šiauliai S. Šalkauskis gym – 62.2%, at Kelmė J. Graičiūnas gym – 60.5%, at Vilnius Radvilų gym – 59.1%, in Klaipėda “Žaliakalnis” in the gym – 57.4%, in the Prienai gym “Žiburis” – 56%, in the Klaipėda gym “Žemynas” – 54.9%, Švenčionėliai Mindaugas Gymnasium – 53.5 %, Vilnius Antakalnis Gymnasium – 52.7%, Šiauliai University Gymnasium – 52.4%, Alytus Putinai Gymnasium – 52.3%, Kretinga J. Pabrėža University Gymnasium – 52.04 percent, at Radviliškis Lizdeika gym – 50 percent hundred.

And in which gym did students pass the math VBE better than others?

Mathematics is best learned:

1. KTU Gym
2. Vilnius Lyceum
3. Klaipeda Lyceum
4. Vilnius Jesuit Gym
5. Vilnius M. Biržiška Gym

Lithuanian was learned better:

1. Ukmergė d. Želva gym
2. Vilnius Žirmūnai Gymnasium
3. Klaipeda Lyceum
4. Kaunas Jesuit Gym
5. LSMU Gym

Stories are best learned:

1. Vilnius Lyceum
2. Klaipeda Lyceum
3. KTU Gym
4. Vilnius Žirmūnai Gymnasium
5. Vilnius Jesuit Gym

Biology is best learned:

1. Klaipeda Lyceum
2. Salcininkai d. Eišiškės S. Rapolionis Gymnasium
3. KTU Gym
4. Vilnius Lyceum
5. Vilnius Jesuit Gym

It is best learned by:

1. Vilnius Jesuit Gym
2. Klaipeda Lyceum
3. KTU Gym
4. LSMU Gym
5. Telšiai V. Borisevičius Gymnasium

Chemistry is best learned:

1. Vilnius Žvėrynas Gym
2. Gym Prienai “Žiburis”
3. Šiauliai J. Janonis Gymnasium
4. Vilnius Lyceum
5. Klaipėda Ažuolynas Gymnasium

Physics is best learned:

1. Vilnius Lyceum
2. KTU Gym
3. Vilnius Jesuit Gym
4. Klaipėda Ažuolynas Gymnasium
5. Vilnius Žirmūnai Gym

English is better learned:

1. Vilnius Lyceum
2. Klaipeda Lyceum
3. Gymnasium of Kaunas University of Technology
4. Vilnius Jesuit Gym
5. Gym Vilnius Mykolas Biržiška

Geography is best learned by:

1. Kaunas Jesuit Gym
2. KTU Gym
3. Kėdainiai light gym
4. Vilnius Lyceum
5. Panevėžys J. Balčikonis Gymnasium

The situation with mathematics is very bad

J. Kučinskaitė stressed that the situation of mathematics in the country’s schools is very bad.

“Our students did not learn to learn. That quarantine only made things worse. When there is no good mentor, children do not learn, ”said journalist J. Kučinskaitė.

According to her, during distance learning, children mostly saw “speaking languages”, which sooner or later start to get bored. Formally, the student is online, but does not listen to anything and just tires, especially if there are more lessons if the voice is not attractive.

“That teacher is static. So, communication is very important. It is true that we learned a bit at a distance, but it is not enough to sit so static. Even more so for the current generation, who also works with their fingers and does not stop “.

Such a ranking, he says, should help parents focus on which school is strongest in terms of individual subjects.