Final exams

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Final exams

Every year in May, apart from 1945 (WWII) and 2020 (Covid)

English, Spanish and German: texts

Made by CITO: Centraal Instituut voor Toetsontwikkeling

College voor toetsen en examens

Final exams 

Up until 2000: only m.c. questions; sent to CITO and marked there.

2000 and onwards: open questions, marked by teacher; students are allowed to use a dictionary

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School Exams and Final Exams

School Exams

(made by teachers; 

start in the pre-exam schoolyear)

Vocabulary (2x)

Grammar (2x)

Listening (4x) CITO

Writing (4x)

Speaking (4x)

Reading (1x)

Final Exam

Made by CITO

Reading

multiple choice questions

match questions/ gap fill

open questions

quote

True/False questions

10 - 12 texts/ 40 - 43 questions

Marking

School exams marked by the teacher (apart from listening which is marked digitally by CITO)

Final exams marked by the teacher and then sent to another school and checked by another teacher

Grades: school exam 50 % and final exam 50 %

Dutch

English

Maths

Student A

school exam: 6,7

final exam: 6,1

6,7 + 6.1 : 2 = 6,4  -   6,0

Student B

school exam: 6,7

final exam 6,3

6,7 + 6,3 : 2 = 6,5 - 7,0

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