The Development of a New Model for the Assessment of Essays in Matura Exams for Slovenian as a Mother Tongue ; Razvijanje novih meril za ocenjevanje maturitetnih esejev pri splošni maturi iz slovenščine

We present a new model for assessing and grading the quality and quantity of knowledge in the essay part of the written exam for one of the most important subjects in the Slovenian general Matura examination: Slovenian as a mother tongue. The model is compared with the current procedure of assessing and grading. The proposed assessment rules are based on key competencies of lifelong learning, while grading is based on a 15-point taxonomically justified grading scale. Using this tool, we assessed the knowledge in an adequate number of selected finished exams in the pre-test examination in the 2014/2015 school year. The grade ‘good’ (3) in the new model is one category higher than it is in the existing grading system. The new model addresses the shortcomings of the present marking system, such as the unsuitable ratio between the ‘content’ and ‘language’ parts of the final grade, the over-extensive 50-point marking scale, the groundless determination of the grading class, the unreliable reassessment of essays, the unfounded dispersion of positive grades, etc. The proposed assessment and the grading model have several advantages: they are simple to use, they operate with taxonomically grounded differences in knowledge, and they use qualitative rules that are absent in the current assessment system, which is noticeably based on the subjective sense and consideration of assessors. ; Predstavljamo razvoj merjenja in ocenjevanja kakovosti in količine znanja pri maturitetnih esejih iz slovenščine pri splošni maturi. Nova merila so primerjana z obstoječimi. Temeljijo na ključnih zmožnostih za vseživljenjsko učenje, ocenjevanje pa na 15-stopenjski taksonomsko razdelani ocenjevalni lestvici. S tem orodjem smo ocenili znanje v ustreznem številu napisanih esejev s poskusne mature v šolskem letu 2014/2015. Ocena dobro (3) je za razred ocene višja, kot bi jo sicer dobil esej s sedanjim načinom ocenjevanja. Predlagani novi način presega pomanjkljivosti, kot so neustrezno razmerje med deležema ocene za vsebino oz. jezik, ...