Standard attainment testing in Czech Language and Literature: Evaluation of Effectiveness and Social Acceptance

The subject of this thesis is the testing of ninth grade pupils in Czech language and literature. Although the topic of the thesis is reflected in the media quite often and in the period before the entrance exams for secondary school studies, it is rarely a professional and insightful work with the results of pupils, which should be one of the basic interests of the state, but the real situation does not correspond to it. The thesis is to assess the effectiveness of universal testing, also in comparison with selective testing. The objectives of universal testing are presented, and the social acceptance of universal testing among pupils, parents and teaching staff is also evaluated. The thesis seeks optimal solutions for practice and suggests directions for future research based on the analytical part of the thesis, which assesses the tasks used in universal testing, including the success of their solution by pupils. In the elaboration of the topic, the diploma student draws on publicly available sources and also uses analytical processing of testing results. The thesis has the potential to contribute significantly to the understanding of the benefits of testing pupils at the end of compulsory schooling in the light of further development of the education system. Thus, the thesis will be placed alongside...