UNIFIED STATE EXAM IN CHEMISTRY – PROS AND CONS
The article presents the analysis of positive and negative sides of the unified state exam in chemistry. It is shown that Unified state exam (USE) is one of the forms of final assessment of pupils’ knowledge and the exam preparation requires the knowledge of the subject theoretical basics. The testing and measuring USE materials provide verification of students learning the chemistry course contents. The conclusion is made that the test technology exam does not contradict classical one but increases the portion of the objectivity in the assessment of the teaching results and stimulates students to improve the quality of their learning. The increase of a teacher responsibility for the results of the pedagogical activity and desire to improve their skills are noted. A lack of the assessment of student skills in express their thoughts verbally is the disadvantage of USE and that with the further training in high schools complicates forming a student into a qualified specialist.