Evaluation with emotions and news in schools in Romania. All the students of the second class enter the fever of national tests, starting with May 13, 2025, when they support the written and communication test. The Ministry of Education has changed the rules of the game: the working time increases to 45 minutes.
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The tests are mandatory in all schools, and each child will be evaluated according to the internal planning established by the school commissions. Each educational unit will organize the evaluations according to the official calendar, based on a planning made by the Organization and Administration Commission of EN-2025 in the school.
Working time increases to 45 minutes
The students of the second class participating in the National Assessment 2025 will benefit for more time to solve the topics. This year, each sample will take 45 minutes, 15 minutes longer than in the past years, when the time allocated was only 30 minutes.
According to the Ministry of Education, this change aims to provide children with more equitable conditions, especially those in disadvantaged environments. The duration of 45 minutes corresponds to a regular course of course, already familiar to students.
When the samples take place
The National Assessment begins on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, with the written test in language and communication. Then follows:
- May 14 – the test to read in Romanian;
- May 15 – Mathematics and environmental exploration;
- May 16 – writing and reading test in the mother tongue, for students belonging to national minorities.
All tests start at 10:00.
According to the Ministry of Education, The evaluations are carried out during the class hours, depending on the program of each educational unit, as a rule, in the classrooms in which the students are usually carried out.
The results will be expressed in scores
Another novelty is how the results will be presented. Students will no longer receive ambiguous codes or qualifications, but clear scores, which reflect the level of competence at each discipline.
The obtained euities do not display/not communicate publicly and do not register in the class catalog.
At the written request of the student, the scores obtained can be equated in qualifications/notes and can be passed in the catalog.
The results of the evaluations will be analyzed at the level of each educational unit, being then used to draw up the individualized learning plans of the students.
At the request of the parents, these scores can be transformed into qualifications or notes, which can be passed into the catalog. Thus, parents will more easily understand the progress of children, and teachers will have a clearer tool.
Digital app for data centralization
The Ministry of Education also announces the implementation of a new digital application, through which all the results of the students will be collected. It promises to ease the work of the teachers, providing them with automatic reports and an overview of class performance, without bureaucracy.
Emotions for the little ones and parents
For many children, the national evaluation of the second class is the first official test in their lives, and the emotions are tailor-made. Even if the results do not matter to the general average and do not automatically go into the catalog, parents feel the pressure of the moment almost as intense as their small schoolchildren. The questions flow from both sides: “Do I handle it?”, “Do you know enough?”, “What grades will my child take?”. Therefore, it is important that this evaluation is treated calmly, as a progress observation tool, not as a competition.
