Scientific Basis of Improving the Quality of Secondary Education: on the Example of Kazakhstan

Abstract

This article discusses the issue of improving the quality of secondary education on a scientific basis. Improving the quality of secondary education is an urgent problem. In this regard, the unsatisfactory results of international studies, such as PISA, PIRLS, which determine the quality of secondary education, have led to the need for research on this problem. Before the study, the quality of education in developed countries was analyzed and the scientific literature was studied. A concept and formula for improving the quality of secondary education on a scientific basis was developed, and a study was organized according to this formula. The experiment was carried out on the basis of a four-sided memorandum signed by the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, the Turkestan Regional Department of Education, the Nazarbayev Intellectual School and the South Kazakhstan State University named after M. Auezov. In the 2019–2020 academic year 39 schools, 2733 students and 353 teachers from Ordabasy, Tolebi and Otyrar districts of Turkestan region took part in the experiment. The article provides information on the course and results of the experiment. In the course of the experiment, a comparative analysis of quarterly grades was carried out to determine the quality of students' knowledge after work on improving the quality of secondary education.