This presentation was given by Peter Ortmanns from the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Laender in the Federal Republic of Germany at the GCES Conference on Governing Education in a Complex world during the Workshop C on meeting national targets in decentralised systems (Flemish Case Study).

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