14 - Lithuania - Progression of students
Students’ assessment is carried out in the manner prescribed by the study regulations of each
individual higher education institution. The rules and procedures can vary between different HEIs.
However, there are some key principles and modes of assessment that must be followed.
A study programme is completed by assessing the competence acquired. The form of assessment can
be the defense of a graduation project and/or final exams. In colleges, students are examined and their
progress is assessed in accordance with the guidelines on the development of non-university study
subject examination and the evaluation of its results.
The Law on Higher Education provides that students may appeal to the HEI administration against the
evaluation of their learning outcomes. Therefore, as a rule, each higher education institution has in its
study regulations a provision on appeal procedures.
The main form of progress assessment is an examination. In many HEIs the number of examinations
given in one examination session is limited (from 10 to 3 or 4). Achievement in some subjects may be
assessed by giving students graded or non-graded credit tests. Examinations and credit tests are
conducted in writing or both orally and in writing. In some higher education establishments, the method
of cumulative assessment is employed. The rules and procedures of the cumulative assessment as
well as the preparation of tasks is the responsibility of the subject teacher. A student can accumulate
part of the assessment grade during semester and add this part to the grade earned during the
examination.
The results of examinations and graded credit tests are assessed by assigning students grade points
from 1 to 10, the results of credit tests are assessed by assigning a "pass/ fail" grade. HEIs can lay
down other principles of assessment, too. The methodology of assessing study results provides also
for other methods to be used in assessing students’ achievements.
A ten-point assessment scale is used to assess students’ achievements. The grade indicates the level
of performance (a percentage of the subject scope specified in the programme). A ten-point
assessment scale is applied to examinations, projects, home assignments, tests and other
assignments. All grades awarded for students’ performance are entered into students’ assessment
sheets but only satisfactory grades are entered into student’s record book.
An examination qualifies as passed if the results are assessed with the grades of: 10 (excellent (92%),
9 (very good, 82–91%), 8 (good, 74–81%), 7 (highly satisfactory, 66–73%), 6 (satisfactory, 58–65%), 5
(sufficient, 50–57%). An examination qualifies as failed if the results are assessed with 4 (insufficient,
40–49%), 3 (highly insufficient, 30–39%), 2 (poor 20–29%), very poor (0–19%).
Students’ learning outcomes are assessed by the subject teachers or a commission, which is
composed of specialists in the given study area and the subject teacher who had supervised the study
process. If a commission is necessary to assess the results achieved in certain subjects, these
subjects are indicated in the study programmes. A commission to assess the results of studies can
also be set up on a motivated request of students. In exceptional cases, another teacher appointed by
the Dean or the head of the department can give examinations. Through the mediation of a teacher, an
undergraduate or graduate student can be granted the Dean’s permission to follow an individual study
schedule. Students of Bachelor and Master levels, doctoral students and "auditing" students can take
an external module examination without having attended lectures on condition that they have
completed all the practical tasks assigned.
If the final form of assessment is an examination, the learning outcomes of full-time and part-time
students are assessed during the examination session; if it is a graded or a non-graded credit, the
assessment is done before the examination session. Examinations must be taken in keeping with the
examination schedule. If because of an illness or some other reasonable adverse circumstances a
student is unable to sit an examination (credit) at the appointed time, he can be granted postponement,
within the examination timetable, of the assigned exam, or extension of the examination session,
subject to the Dean’s (head of section’s) permission.
Assessment of the results of extramural, distance or external studies can be given outside of the
examination session. The results of complementary studies are assessed in the manner established by
their providers.
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Date: 2009
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