The tests for the Baccalaureate exam in physics were drawn up without violations and the items can be solved based on the physical conditions described in them. Chairman of the National Physics Baccalaureate Exam Assessment Commission Viorel Dusciac, in a news conference at IPN said the problems proposed in items 7, 9 for exact sciences and item 8 for humanities were correctly formulated from the viewpoint of physics.
According to Viorel Dusciac, the tests were once again analyzed in a seminar of the community of physicians on July 27. “The problems 7 and 9 for exact sciences and 8 for humanities were formulated without mistakes and can be solved in the described physical conditions. The contents of problems are correct from the viewpoint of the curriculum, the Baccalaureate programs and the content of textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education,” he stated.
Viorel Dusciac also said that the recent analysis of the physics tests in the press without the participation of the authors of the Baccalaureate tests and competent and independent physicians runs counter to the Ethics Code and does not contribute to discovering the truth, but diminishes confidence in the education system in general and in the physics subject in particular.
Academician Leonid Culiuc said the physics problems that seemed non-ideal could have been solved and the characteristics given to the whole test are not precise.
Doctor Habilitate Valentin Paladi, university teacher, said that on June 30, when the discussions on the issue began, physicians informed the National Curriculum and Assessment Agency that the tests were formulated correctly from scientific viewpoint.
“The texts are clear and we expressed out regret at the unconstructive discussions that started at the end of June in the mass media. The leveled criticism was groundless. We regret that the information was communicated unilaterally even if we answered that letter in June,” said Valentin Paladi.
Earlier, in hearings held in Parliament, Deputy Minister of Education Lilia Pogolsa admitted that the tests for the Baccalaureate exams in physics contained mistakes. An assessment commission of the Ministry of Education identified items that contained improper language or didn’t have all the possible response variants. The commission determined that points 7 and 9 of the tests for exact sciences and point 8 of the tests for humanities were formulated incorrectly for the reason that they were inaccurately translates from Russian into Romanian.
