1. Standing Conference of the Ministers
of Education and Cultural Affairs
of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany
GCES Conference Governing Education in a Complex World
Bruxelles 17 Oct 2016

3. Comprehensive Strategy of Monitoring
PISA
TIMMS
PIRLS
national
standards
 IQB
performance
comparison
of the
Länder
comparative
tests in
year 3 and
year 8 (VERA)
 all pupils
 feedback
for schools &
teachers
joint
education
reporting of
Länder and
Federal
Government
school inspection & further quality
assurance measures on Länder level

4. Standards for Upper Secondary Level
Oct 2007: decision for new standards in
Oct 2012: completion
2014/15: put into force
2017: first exams based on standards & pool
German
English (as a continued language)
French (as a continued language)
Maths

5. Actors
steering group
administration,
director IQB
school committe
all Länder
all secretaries of
state
feedback of
Länder
hearing for teachers‘
organisations, unions, scholars,
…
standards
illustrating tasks
working groups
coordinated by IQB
all 16
ministers
test papers

6. Development of Standards
for each subject
coordinator (IQB)
3 academic
experts
(didactics)
6 to 8 curriculum experts
from ministries and other
agencies or school
administration
~ 2 years (13 meetings)

7. Illustrating Tasks
for each subject
coordinator (IQB)
2 academic
experts
(didactics)
16 teachers (exam
experts): at least one
from each Land
~ 2 years (13 meetings)

8. Pool of Test Papers
for each subject
coordinator (IQB)
2 academic
experts
(didactics)
16 teachers (exam
experts): at least one
from each Land
10 meetings in first round
later 6 meetings per year

10. national
standards
pool of test
papers
curricula
(new, adopted)
regulations
discourse
common
understanding
16 Länder