Ministry of Education and Training announces conversion framework between university admission methods in 2025

Specifically, the conversion framework provides the score ranges of individual tests such as ability assessment tests, thinking assessment tests (APT, HSA, TSA...) and the score ranges of appropriate high school graduation exam subject combinations according to the percentile method (a quantity used to estimate the proportion of data in a data set falling in a region higher or lower than a given value), based on analysis of the exam results of candidates with both individual test scores and corresponding graduation exam subject combination scores in 2025.

The score ranges are ranked according to the top 0.5%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 10%... specifically as follows:

Accordingly, training institutions need to identify graduation exam subject combinations that are appropriate to the characteristics of their own exams and recommend that other institutions use them, clarifying which combination is most appropriate. The percentile of the 2025 exam results must be announced before May 31, and no later than June 30 for exams with results announced after May 31.

At the same time, coordinate with the Ministry of Education and Training to analyze the high school graduation exam results of candidates who have their own exam results, on that basis, announce the score ranges of appropriate subject combinations, no later than 3 days after announcing the high school graduation exam results in 2025.

Based on these figures, the admission scores and entrance thresholds of each specific industry and group of industries will be converted linearly within each score range. For example, the admission score according to the A00 combination (T_A00) in the range A2 - A3 will be converted to the admission score according to the HSA exam score (T_HSA) according to the formula:

T_HSA = HSA3 + (T_A00 – A3) × (HSA2 – HSA3) / (A2 – A3)

Determining the difference in admission scores between popular combinations will be based on comparing the score distribution announced by the Ministry of Education and Training after the 2025 high school graduation exam results are available according to each admission score range.

Regarding the framework for converting admission scores from high school academic results (report card scores), the Ministry of Education and Training affirms that it does not reflect the assessment results on a unified national assessment scale, so building a common conversion framework is meaningless.

However, the Ministry will publish statistics on the correlation between high school graduation exam scores and average high school subject scores, on that basis, training institutions will determine the conversion rules equivalent to admission scores and entrance thresholds.

Based on the principles and conversion frameworks above, training institutions develop conversion tables and conversion formulas for each program, industry, industry group or training field. Specifically as follows: select exams and subject combinations that are suitable for the admission methods of the program, industry, industry group or training field.

According to the recommendation of the Ministry of Education and Training, for each separate test used, a separate table should be created. Each conversion table should only use the most suitable subject combination (convert other combinations based on the difference in scores). It is possible to divide the score ranges in more detail, or adjust the score ranges in the conversion framework in Table 1 above to suit the requirements of each training program, industry, and group of industries.

At the same time, develop conversion tables and formulas for admission scores based on exams not organized by domestic training institutions (for example, SAT, ACT, etc.) using appropriate methods, recommending the use of the percentile method.

Kim Nhung

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