Criteria for assessing the exam. Compliance with punctuation rules

In this article, we will touch criteria for evaluating an essay in Russian USE language 2019 , let's talk about changes in the structure, scoring, and also give necessary advice, thanks to which you can write your work for 100 points. Also, do not forget that on our website you have collected options for works of 2018 and the current year, by viewing which you can consolidate the material read in the current article.

Required structure of the USE essay 2019

The examinees will have to write an essay on the proposed version of the unified state. exam text, no more than 150 words. The essay must comply with the following structure:

  • Initially, the student is required to identify the problem and formulate it in writing.
  • Based on the source material, the examinee must comment on the identified problem.
  • To reveal the attitude of the author to the problems of the text.
  • Next, you need to express your own attitude to the opinion of the author on this issue.

How many points are given for an essay about the Russian language?

The maximum number of points that a student can earn with his essay is 24 . Let's analyze the criteria for evaluating an essay in a simple, accessible language in order to understand how to get the coveted maximum.

Pointing for the content of the text (maximum - 8 points)

1. Having successfully identified one of the problems contained in the original text, the student can earn 1 point. A small paragraph of 1-3 sentences is enough. For example: “In his text, Petrov P.P. draws the reader's attention to the issue of animal cruelty.”

It is worth paying attention to the fact that if the problem is not formulated at all, is stated incorrectly, or is not related to the text provided, the child will lose all 8 marks from this section.

2. In accordance with the structure of the essay, comments on the problem are further evaluated. To get maximum 5 points you need to comment on the problem based on the original work, illustrate it with two examples from the text and explain them. 4 points. If the child managed to find only one example from the text illustrating his problem, or there is no semantic connection between the two examples, the specialist in this criterion will put only 3 points. 2 points relies on both examples without explanation, and only 1 for the only unexplained example.

Abundant citation, illustration of a problem different from the stated one, argumentation without relying on the source material, retelling of the text, presence of factual errors or avoidance of the problem in the structure of the paragraph with comments deprive points for this evaluation criterion completely

4. The student may agree or disagree with the position of the author in his essay, but he is obliged to argue any of his attitudes. The well-founded position of the examinee is evaluated in 1 point Unsubscribing with the words “I agree with the author My opinion differs from the opinion of the author of the text My attitude towards the position of the author is ambiguous” will not work, such work will receive 0 points.

Speech design of an essay (maximum - 4 points)

1. 2 points assigned to works in which there are no logical errors, and the text is correctly divided into paragraphs. Allowing 1 case of incorrect paragraph division or 1 logical error in the essay, the student loses a point. For a greater number of such errors, points for this criterion will not be awarded.

2. For accurate and expressive speech, the examinee can receive 2 points however, only if he earns the highest score on item 4 of the “Literacy” section. For clarity of expression of thoughts, but a non-diverse grammatical structure, or vice versa, only 1 point And not a single point if the inspector did not satisfy both evaluation criteria.

Literacy of the text (maximum - 12 points)

Of course, your literacy is still included in the criteria for evaluating an essay! So:

1. 3 points can be obtained for an essay without spelling errors, only one is excusable and not rude. 2 points will give for the presence of 1-2 errors, with 3-4 errors you can still get 1 point but if there are more errors, all scores for this criterion will miss the work.

2. Compliance with the norms of punctuation in the text is awarded 3 points, one not a gross mistake will also be forgiven here. 1-3 errors will only get 2 points 4-5 mistakes - total 1 point, essay with large quantity points for punctuation are forfeited.

3. More 2 points assigned only in the absence of grammatical errors. If the reviewer finds 1 or 2 errors - only 1 point. If the grammar is still worse, you will have to say goodbye to these points as well.

4.Having received 2 points for the absence of speech errors or the assumption of only one, the student will also be able to claim the highest score for the accuracy and expressiveness of speech. 2-3 speech errors will bring the author of the essay 1 point a text that is less successful in terms of compliance with speech norms will receive 0 points for this item.

5. If the reviewer did not meet ethnic errors in the work, the essay will receive another 1 point otherwise - 0 points.

6. If there are no factual errors in the background material of the work, the essay will work 1 point, 0 points if available.

How to get the highest score for an essay?

So, we have analyzed the criteria for evaluating the USE essay in the Russian language 2019. However! If, when preparing for the exam, you carefully familiarize yourself not only with how points are awarded for an essay, but also with what they can be removed for, you can warn yourself against possible errors and outline for yourself the points on which you should focus.

Some general advice, which will help not to lose points on trifles and get the maximum mark for the essay:

  • Stick to a clear text structure. The essay requirements imply four main points - dividing into paragraphs in accordance with them will help to avoid losing points for speech design. Give one paragraph to the disclosure of the source text problem, one more paragraph to the examples from it and explanations to the examples (two are possible if the explanations for each of the illustrations require voluminous reasoning), the next paragraph to the disclosure of the author’s position, and the last one to a personal attitude towards it.
  • Avoid complex syntactic constructions unless you are sure how to style them in terms of punctuation. Concise, moderately common sentences will help you avoid losing points on incorrectly placed punctuation marks.
  • Do not use unfamiliar words and expressions if you are not sure how they are spelled. Remember, you can lose one-eighth of your points on literacy.
  • Stock up on synonyms before you start writing. The most used words in the author's text are likely to be the most used in the essay, think about how they can be replaced.
  • Study carefully original text before completing the task. Do not be afraid to waste time reading it, this will help you avoid factual errors, correctly identify the problem stated in the text and the author’s attitude towards it, and also find the necessary illustration examples. Remember that you can write and make notes on the task forms - highlight the important points for yourself in the source text, write an essay based on them.
  • Work with draft! The draft version of the essay is only half the work. Carefully subtract the material, think about whether it can and should be supplemented with something. Read the text separately and analyze it for any errors. Do not forget to count the number of words at once, works shorter than 150 words are not evaluated at all. In order not to find a lack of volume and not to fill it with incoherent, uninformative messages at the end of the final version of the essay, take care of the word count in advance.
  • Do not hurry. As the long-term practice of conducting the exam shows, the examination time is enough to think over all the test tasks, answer them, fill out the answer sheet, and carefully work on the essay.
  • Practice writing essays for the exam in advance.

Remember that the essay grade is 41% of the total exam score. By refusing to write it, or by incorrectly completing the task, it will not work to score a high score for the Unified State Examination in the Russian language.

Below are the criteria for evaluating an essay (essay) at the Unified State Examination in the Russian language for 2019. In the new Russian language demos 2019 evaluation criteria have been changed K2 and K4.

What can give the most points:

  • 5 points - for a comment on the source text problem - K2
  • 3 points - for literacy: spelling (K7) and punctuation (K8)

Arguing your own opinion on the problem - REMOVED in 2019!

Criteria for evaluating the answer to task 27

K1 Statement of source text problems

  • 1 point The examinee (in one form or another in any part of the essay) correctly formulated one of the problems of the original text. There are no factual errors related to the understanding and formulation of the problem.
  • 0 points. The examinee could not correctly formulate any of the problems of the source text. *If the examinee did not formulate or formulated incorrectly (in one form or another in any part of the essay) one of the problems of the source text, then such a work according to the criteria K1-K4 is estimated at 0 points

K2 Commentary on the formulated problem of the original text

  • 5 points. 2 examples-illustrations from the read text that are important for understanding the problem. An explanation is given for the 2 given examples. The semantic connection between them is revealed. There are no factual errors related to understanding the problem of the original text in the comment.
  • 4 points. The problem formulated by the examinee is commented on based on the source text. The examinee brought at least 2 illustration examples from the read text, important for understanding the problem. An explanation is given for the 2 examples given, but no semantic connection between them is revealed,
    or a semantic connection between the examples is revealed, but an explanation is given for only one example. There are no factual errors related to understanding the problem of the original text in the comment
  • 3 points. The problem formulated by the examinee is commented on based on the source text. The examinee brought at least 2 illustration examples from the read text, important for understanding the problem, but an explanation is given for only one example, the semantic connection between the examples is not revealed, or the examinee brought 1 illustration example from the read text, important for understanding the problem, and gave an explanation to it. There are no factual errors related to understanding the problem of the original text in the comment.
  • 2 points. Examinee led 2 illustration examples from the read text, important for understanding the problem, but did not explain their meaning.
  • 1 point Examinee led 1 illustration example from the read text, important for understanding the problem, but did not explain its meaning.
  • 0 points. Examples-illustrations from the read text that are important for understanding the problem are not given, or
    the problem is commented without relying on the source text, or the comment contains factual errors (one or more) related to the understanding of the source text, or commented on another problem not formulated by the examiner, or instead of a comment, a simple retelling of the text is given, or instead of a comment, a large fragment of the source text is quoted.

K3 Reflection of the position of the author of the original text

  • 1 point The examinee correctly formulated the position of the author (narrator) of the source text on the commented problem. There are no actual errors related to understanding the position of the author of the source text.
  • 0 points. The position of the author of the original text by the examinee is formulated incorrectly, or the position of the author of the original text is not formulated.

K4 Attitude to the position of the author on the problem of the source text

  • 1 point The examinee expressed his attitude to the position of the author of the text on the problem (agreeing or disagreeing with the author) and substantiated it.
  • 0 points. The examinee did not express his attitude to the position of the author of the text, or the examinee's thoughts do not correspond to the formulated problem, or the examinee's opinion is stated only formally (for example, "I agree / disagree with the author")

II. Speech design of the essay

K5 Semantic integrity, speech coherence and sequence of presentation

  • 2 points. The examinee's work is characterized by semantic integrity, speech coherence and sequence of presentation: - there are no logical errors, the sequence of presentation is not broken; - there are no violations of paragraph articulation of the text in the work.
  • 1 point The work of the examinee is characterized by semantic integrity, coherence and consistency of presentation, but 1 logical error was made, and/or there is 1 violation of paragraph articulation of the text in the work.
  • 0 points. In the work of the examinee, a communicative intent is visible, but more than 1 logical error was made, and/or There are 2 cases of violation of paragraph articulation of the text.

K6 Accuracy and expressiveness of speech

  • 2 points. The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of the expression of thought, the variety of the grammatical structure of speech. * The highest score for this criterion is received by the examinee only if the highest score is obtained according to criterion K10.
  • 1 point The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of the expression of thought, but the monotony of the grammatical structure of speech is traced, or the work of the examinee is characterized by a variety of grammatical structure of speech, but there are violations of the accuracy of the expression of thought.
  • 0 points. The work of the examinee is distinguished by the poverty of the dictionary and the monotony of the grammatical structure of speech.

III. Literacy

K7 Compliance with spelling rules

  • 3 points. There are no spelling errors (or 1 minor error).
  • 2 points. No more than 2 mistakes were made.
  • 1 point 3-4 mistakes were made.
  • 0 points. More than 4 mistakes were made.

K8 Compliance with punctuation rules

  • 3 points. There are no punctuation errors (or 1 minor error).
  • 2 points. 1–3 mistakes made
  • 1 point 4-5 mistakes were made.
  • 0 points. More than 5 mistakes were made.

K9 Language Compliance

  • 2 points. There are no grammatical errors.
  • 1 point 1-2 mistakes were made.
  • 0 points. More than 2 errors were made.

K10 Compliance with speech norms

  • 2 points. No more than 1 speech error allowed.
  • 1 point Made 2-3 mistakes.
  • 0 points. More than 3 errors were made.

K11 Ethical Compliance

  • 1 point There are no ethical errors in the work.
  • 0 points. admitted ethical errors(1 or more).

K12 Maintain factual accuracy in background material

  • 1 point There are no actual errors in the background material.
  • 0 points. There are factual errors (1 or more) in the background material.

Maximum amount points for the entire written work (K1–K12) - 24 points.

  • When assessing literacy (K7-K10), the volume of the essay should be taken into account.When counting words, both independent and auxiliary parts of speech are taken into account. Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example, "after all" - one word, "yet" - two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, "M.Yu. Lermontov" - one word). Any other characters, in particular numbers, are not taken into account when calculating (for example, "5 years" - one word, "five years" - two words.
  • The assessment standards indicated in the table are designed for an essay of 150-300 words. If the essay contains a partially or completely rewritten text of the review of task 26 and / or information about the author of the text by the examinee, then the volume of such work is determined without taking into account the text of the review and / or information about the author of the text.
  • If in an essay less than 70 words, then such work is not counted and 0 points are evaluated, the task is considered unfulfilled.
  • When evaluating an essay with a volume of 70 to 150 words, the number of permissible errors of four types (K7–K10) decreases.

2 points for these criteria are given in the following cases:

  • K7 - there are no spelling errors (or one minor mistake was made);
  • K8 - there are no punctuation errors (or one minor mistake was made).

1 point for these criteria is given in the following cases:

  • K7 - no more than two errors were made;
  • K8 - one or three mistakes were made;
  • K9 - no grammatical errors;
  • K10 - no more than one speech error was made.

The highest score according to the K7–K12 criteria is not given for a work of 70 to 150 words.

  • If the essay is a paraphrase or a completely rewritten source text without any comments, then such work for all aspects of the test (K1-K12) is rated 0 points.
  • If the work, which is a rewritten or paraphrased source text, contains fragments of the text of the examinee, then only the number of words that belongs to the examinee is taken into account during the check. A work written without relying on the text read (not on this text) is not evaluated.

Solve in Russian

In the Unified State Examination in the Russian language 2017, 25 tasks are evaluated, of which 24 are tests, and 25 are an essay on the text. Today, in test tasks, it is necessary either to write down the words correctly (and not just find them), or to find two correct answers from the proposed ones (tasks 1 and 15), or to name the numbers indicating the correct setting of commas. Task 7 remains difficult, where you need to correlate erroneous sentences with the rules according to which errors were made.

1 point for a correct answer, 0 points for an incorrect one

0 to 2 points

0 to 4 points

0 to 5 points

For the correct completion of tasks 2–6, 8–14, 16–23, the examinee
gets 1 point. For an incorrect answer or its absence, a
0 points.

For completing tasks 1 and 15, from 0 to 2 points can be set.
The answer is considered correct if it has all the numbers from the standard and is missing
other numbers. 1 point is given if: one of the numbers indicated in the answer,
does not meet the standard; one of the numbers specified in the standard is missing
response. In all other cases, 0 points are given.

Task 24 can be assigned from 0 to 4 points. Faithful


Task 7 can be assigned from 0 to 5 points. Faithful
the answer is considered in which there are all the numbers from the standard and there are no others
numbers. For each correctly indicated digit corresponding to the number from
list, the examinee receives 1 point.

Maximum Points

Minimum Points

Criteria for evaluating an essay

Points

Statement of source text problems

The examinee (in one form or another) correctly formulated one of the problems of the original text.

There are no factual errors related to the understanding and formulation of the problem.

The examinee could not correctly formulate any of the problems of the source text.

Commentary on the formulated problem of the original text

The problem formulated by the examiner is commented. There are no factual errors related to understanding the source text in the comments.

The problem formulated by the examinee is commented,

no more than 1 factual error was made in the comments related to the understanding of the source text.

The problem formulated by the examinee is not commented,

more than 1 factual error was made in the comments related to the understanding of the source text,

commented on another problem not formulated by the examiner,

a simple retelling of the text or its fragment is given as a comment,

a large fragment of the original text is cited as comments.

The examinee correctly formulated the position of the author (narrator) of the source text on the commented problem.

There are no actual errors related to understanding the position of the author of the source text.

Argumentation by the examinees of their own opinion on the problem

The examinee expressed his opinion on the problem formulated by him, posed by the author of the text (agreeing or disagreeing with the position of the author), argued it (given at least 2 arguments, one of which was taken from fiction, journalistic or scientific literature).

The examinee expressed his opinion on the problem formulated by him, posed by the author of the text (agreeing or disagreeing with the position of the author), argued it (given at least 2 arguments, based on knowledge or life experience),

conducted only 1 argument from fiction, journalistic or scientific literature.

The examinee expressed his opinion on the problem formulated by him, posed by the author of the text (agreeing or disagreeing with the position of the author), argued it (given 1 argument), based on knowledge, life or reading experience.

The examinee expressed his opinion on the problem posed by the author of the text (agreeing or disagreeing with the position of the author), but did not give arguments,
OR

the examinee's opinion is only formally stated (for example: "I agree / disagree with the author"),

not reflected in the work at all.

SPEECH DESIGN OF AN ESSAY

Semantic integrity, speech coherence and sequence of presentation

The work of the examinee is characterized by semantic integrity, speech coherence and sequence of presentation:

There are no logical errors, the sequence of presentation is not broken;

There are no violations of paragraph articulation of the text in the work.

The work of the examinee is characterized by semantic integrity, coherence and consistency of presentation,

1 logical error was made,

there is 1 violation of paragraph articulation of the text in the work.

In the work of the examinee, a communicative intent is visible,

more than 1 logical error was made,

There are 2 cases of violation of paragraph articulation of the text.

Accuracy and expressiveness of speech

The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of the expression of thought, the variety of the grammatical structure of speech.

The work of the examinee is characterized by the accuracy of the expression of thought,

the monotony of the grammatical structure of speech is traced,

the work of the examinee is characterized by a variety of grammatical structure of speech,

there are violations of the accuracy of the expression of thought.

The work of the examinee is distinguished by the poverty of the dictionary and the monotony of the grammatical structure of speech.

LITERACY

Compliance with spelling rules

no spelling errors (or 1 minor error)

1-2 mistakes made

more than 2-3 mistakes made
more than 3 errors 0

Compliance with punctuation rules

no punctuation errors (or 1 minor error)

made 1-2 mistakes

made 2-3 mistakes
more than 3 errors 0

Language Compliance

no grammatical errors

made 1-2 mistakes

more than 2 errors

Compliance with speech norms

no more than 1 speech error

made 2-3 mistakes

more than 3 errors

Compliance ethical standards

there are no ethical errors in the work

ethical mistakes made (1 or more)

Maintain factual accuracy in background material

there are no factual errors in the background material

factual errors (1 or more) in the background material

Maximum score per essay

When assessing literacy (K7-K10), the volume of the essay should be taken into account. The assessment standards indicated in the table are designed for an essay of 150-300 words. If the essay contains less than 70 words, then such work is not counted and 0 points are scored, the task is considered failed.

When counting words, both independent and auxiliary parts of speech are taken into account. Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example, "after all" - one word, "yet" - two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, "M.Yu. Lermontov" - one word). Any other characters, in particular numbers, are not taken into account when calculating (for example, "5 years" - one word, "five years" - two words).
If the essay contains a partially or completely rewritten text of the review of task 24 and / or information about the author of the text by the examinee, then the volume of such work is determined without taking into account the text of the review and / or information about the author of the text.

When evaluating an essay with a volume of 70 to 150 words, the number of permissible errors of four types (K7–K10) decreases.

2 points for these criteria are given in the following cases:
K7 - there are no spelling errors (or one minor mistake was made);
K8 - there are no punctuation errors (or one minor mistake was made).

1 point for these criteria is given in the following cases:
K7 - no more than two errors were made;
K8 - one or three mistakes were made;
K9 - no grammatical errors;
K10 - no more than one speech error was made.

The highest score according to the K7–K12 criteria is not given for a work of 70 to 150 words.

If the essay is a paraphrase or a completely rewritten source text without any comments, then such work for all aspects of the test (K1-K12) is estimated at 0 points. If the work, which is a rewritten or paraphrased source text, contains fragments of the text of the examinee, then only the number of words that belongs to the examinee is taken into account during the check. A work written without relying on the text read (not on this text) is not evaluated.

In accordance with the Procedure for conducting the state final certification for educational programs middle general education(Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated December 26, 2013 No. 1400 was registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on February 3, 2014 No. 31205) “61. According to the results of the first and second checks, the experts independently assign points for each answer to the tasks examination work Unified State Examination with a detailed answer ... 62. In case of a significant discrepancy in the scores given by two experts, a third test is assigned. A significant discrepancy in scores is determined in the assessment criteria for the corresponding academic subject. The expert who performs the third check is provided with information about the scores given by the experts who previously checked the examination paper.
A significant discrepancy is considered to be a discrepancy of 8 or more primary points between the sums of points given by the first and second experts for completing task 25 (for all 12 assessment positions). In this case, the third expert must give points only for those assessment items for which the points given by the first and second experts differ.

Every graduate of a general education school knows that in order to receive a certificate and a certificate based on the results of passing a unified state exam, it is necessary to prepare systematically and systematically. The USE in the Russian language in 2018 is one of the key subjects in the exam. Everyone speaks about the deep and comprehensive study of this subject at school: from a school teacher to the President of the Russian Federation, who noted in his speech at a meeting of the Society of Russian Literature the importance of the standard Russian word, which should unite people into a nation. And competent speech, according to the head of state, should become an integral part of the culture of our country, a rule of good form. A.I. Kuprin called the Russian language the history of our people, considered its study and preservation not an idle occupation from nothing to do, but an urgent need.

What to expect in 2018?

So next year in Russia, the structure of passing the exam in the Russian language, one of the two compulsory subjects that affect the receipt of a certificate of secondary education, can be seriously modernized. At the congress of the Society of Russian Literature, representatives of the Academy of Education announced that it was planned to introduce an oral part, the so-called “Speaking” block, at the unified state exam.

The purpose of the introduction of the oral part

Today's children, born and raised in the century information technologies are paying more and more attention social networks, forums, blogs, that is, those activities where speaking, oral speech is absent. The language of such communication is short, stingy with the expression of verbal emotions, which are replaced by the well-known "smilies". Let's remember the common truth: as a person thinks, so he expresses himself. Thus, the stinginess of speech is a consequence of the poverty of the mental reserve.

And here public life, on the contrary, sets before a young person entering it such tasks that cannot be fulfilled if one does not have developed communication skills:

  • to make a report, a public speech in front of an audience;
  • participate in a discussion on a specific topic;
  • prove your point of view with the involvement of weighty arguments;
  • be able to politely refuse, ask, advise, etc.

Why is the Unified State Examination in the Russian language being modernized?

The ability to competently build your oral speech will be useful not only for participants in the exam in the Russian language or other subjects, but will also prepare future lawyers or economists - representatives of all professions - for successful work in a group, team, when close cooperation with colleagues or communication with clients, subordinates or superiors is necessary.

Therefore, it is not by chance that changes are expected in the structure and content of the Unified State Examination in the Russian language in 2018. It is high communication skills that allow a person to experience not only personal success, but also to improve society as a whole.

Approbation of the oral part at the OGE

In some regions, in the ninth grades, the Russian language exam has already changed - the "Speaking" block has been tested. Exam participants were offered two forms of the oral part:

  1. Ninth graders are invited to sit down at the computer using the necessary technical means for tasks that require oral response.
  2. A Grade 9 graduate talks with members of the examination committee, answering their questions and performing the necessary speech actions. At the same time, an independent expert is required to evaluate the speech of the examinee.

The results of the pilot exam in the Russian language are offered for a wide professional and public discussion.

What will be assessed in the "Speaking" block?

The method of assessing students' knowledge in the study of the Russian language plays an important role. And only the test part and written work not enough here. Pupils of grades 9 and 11 in 2018 need to be ready to be included in the state exam and the oral part - speaking, where students will check the formation of such communicative qualities:

  1. How developed are the skills of expressive reading of the proposed text.
  2. Understanding and analyzing the problems of the read text.
  3. The ability to independently create oral texts, depending on the purpose of the statement.
  4. Knowledge and observance of the norms of the Russian language.
  5. Ability to conduct both monologue and dialogic speech.

What will remain unchanged in 2018?

Despite the introduction of the oral part of the Russian language exam, representatives of Rosobrnadzor declare that the existing form USE in the subject.

The exam currently consists of two parts:

1. 24 tasks In the first part, the following skills and abilities are tested:

  • the ability to extract the main information of the text;
  • spelling skills;
  • the ability to see and classify grammatical errors;
  • knowledge of spelling rules;
  • ability to punctuate;
  • lexical skills;
  • knowledge of types of speech;
  • the ability to determine the types of expressive means used in an excerpt from the review.

2. Creative part- essay - will reveal the ability of eleventh-graders to analyze the problems of the proposed text, argue their thesis, draw on literary and life material, paying attention to the logic of text construction, consistency in the presentation of the material, as well as to all types of literacy (spelling, punctuation, grammar, speech).

Correspondence between the minimum primary scores and the minimum test scores in the Russian language (according to the hundred-point grading system):

Preparation for the exam must begin in advance. The FIPI website will provide invaluable assistance in this, where there is an open bank of tasks on all topics that were studied at school:

You can also use demos from previous years, samples of test materials from early exams posted on the same site, and options test tasks that offer educational sites.

The date of the Russian language exam in 2018 will be known no later than January. Good luck on your exam!