Keyword: «assessment of the quality of education»

This paper presents data from international comparative studies illustrating the level and dynamics of the success of Russian schoolchildren; the influence of the content of the school course of informatics on improving the quality of schoolchildren's education, on their results in international rankings is considered; examples of tasks from school textbooks of informatics to enhance the cognitive activity of students are given; the conclusion is made about the need to study the school course of informatics as a mandatory one at the initial stage of education and in the main school.