The article deals with the peculiarities of the formation of cognitive universal learning actions in younger schoolchildren. The article describes four types of universal educational actions of primary school children: personal, regulatory, cognitive, communicative, which are an integral system in which the manifestation and development of each individual type of educational action is determined by its relationship with other types and the general logic of age-related development. Detailed characteristics of each of the cognitive universal educational activities of primary school children defined by the standard and the approximate program of primary general education will allow the primary school teacher to more consciously.

The article deals with the actual problem of organizing the process of assessing the degree of formation in primary schoolchildren of universal educational activities in the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard of Secondary General Secondary Education. The technology of estimation is presented, methods, forms and means are disclosed that allow to concretize and streamline the assessment procedure; include younger students in assessment activities; provide information that is necessary for the effective management of the education system.

The article discusses the actual problem of the formation of cognitive universal educational actions in younger schoolchildren in the context of the implementation of the changing requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Primary General Education. The approaches to the definition of concepts, groups and main characteristics of cognitive universal educational actions that students must master at the first stage of school education are analyzed. The effective methods and techniques for the formation of this type of educational actions in younger schoolchildren are presented.