Glossary
Plain definitions of the KSR terms you will meet across the platform.
Key Stages of Russian — the academic standard for the Russian language for bilingual children aged 5–16, governed by CEA.
Cultural Educational Association — the UK Community Interest Company that owns and governs the KSR standard, and acts as its accreditation, certification and examination authority.
An authored, versioned plan of what is taught — owned by a National Association and aligned to the KSR standard.
Permission given by a National Association for a school to deliver one of its curricula.
A local group of learners at a school, delivering an approved curriculum.
A centrally-certified academic authority who upholds the KSR standard at a school. A school needs one to be accredited.
A teacher cleared, through calibration, to mark certification work (KSR-4 / External).
CEA's authorisation for a school to deliver KSR and assess learners against the standard, at a defined level.
A school approved to host the central external examination — a stricter status than accreditation.
The central senior-stage exam — Reading, Grammar, Essay and Oral — marked centrally to one standard.
A defined ability a learner is expected to reach at a key stage.
A specific, stably-identified learning result within a competency.
The published criteria and descriptors used to mark work consistently against the standard.
The process by which an examiner is cleared to mark — by marking reference scripts against the board. Valid for six months.
A learner's request to review a finalised result. It advances through a re-mark, an oral review and a board decision.
The KSR certificate recording a learner's level and indicative CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) range, verifiable online.