Observations on the huge math school entrance score gap by regions
The Class VIII admission campaign for the next academic year is almost over and perhaps now is the right time to present some observations on this process and its results. Admission to the 8th grade is the key moment in the student's educational path - the choice of the type of school, profile or profession in high school presupposes the future (professionally and personally) of the child. This choice is highly dependent both on the desire of the student (and his parents) to develop in a certain area, and on the results obtained by the child at the National External Assessment after grade VII in Bulgarian language and literature and in mathematics. The ranking in the schools is based on a score formed for each class separately as a combination of the results of higher education and the annual assessments in certain subjects - between 30 and 500 points. This means that for the same profiles, ranking and admission scores can be very different in different schools and districts in the country.