We see differences between the traditional education system and the assessment system based on the modern updated educational program. In the traditional system of education is only the level of knowledge and progress in the modern education system evaluates the level of self-search, self-education, aspirations of the student. Therefore, the process of assessment in the modern education system is quite a complex process, since in modern pedagogical culture there are no formed ideas about the concepts of self-assessment, self-education, self-search, and most importantly-self-assessment.
The article describes in detail the optimal approaches and methods for monitoring and evaluating students ' knowledge in history lessons within the framework of the updated educational program by comparing it with the 5-point (evaluation) system of traditional education.