Germany’s poor performance in the 2000 PISA test surprised and concerned the relevant stakeholders in that country. Da 2012, scores in mathematics, reading and science were above the OECD average.
Il Programma per la valutazione internazionale degli studenti (PISA), un sondaggio internazionale triennale, mira a valutare i sistemi di istruzione in tutto il mondo per testare le competenze e le conoscenze di 15 anni gli studenti. Ad oggi, gli studenti che rappresentano oltre 70 economie hanno partecipato alla valutazione.
È importante sottolineare che, Germany is one of only three countries that improved in both mathematics performance and equity since 2003. Inoltre, Germany’s significant improvements in mathematics performance between 2006 e 2009 were largely the result of better performance among low-achieving and disadvantaged students.
Elfriede Ohrnberger, Ministerialrätin of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, joins me today in Il Global Ricerca per l'Educazione to discuss what Germany did.
Congratulations on Germany’s success in the 2012 Test PISA. Was improving your students test results in the PISA exam important to you and why?
After the rather disappointing results for Germany in the first PISA test in the year 2000, the continuing improvement in all the test domains as well as the improvements for specific student groups have been recognized and appreciated warmly.
Da una parte, politicians and school administration could assume that the measures that had been taken after the release of the first PISA results were adequate and focused on the relevant areas.
D'altronde, the results that were above the OECD average in the PISA 2012 test could also be interpreted as good feedback to the schools – studenti, insegnanti, principals and the parents – that their efforts were necessary and successful.
A cosa attribuisce il successo?
German media reported the results of the first PISA test and added comments by journalists, scientists and relevant stakeholders describing these results as a PISA shock for Germany. But Germany took this as a salutary lesson.
After the release of the first PISA results, the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the 16 Länder named seven areas in which the Länder and the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs would become active (in Germany it is the Länder – the States of Germany – that are responsible for educational affairs):
- Measures to improve linguistic competence as soon as early childhood education.
- Measures to strengthen the link between the early childhood sector and primary school with the aim of an early school entry.
- Measures for the improvement of primary education and the continuous improvement of reading literacy and basic understanding of mathematical and scientific concepts.
- Measures for efficient support of educationally disadvantaged children with particular regard to children and young people with a migrant background.
- Measures to thoroughly develop and assure the quality of teaching and schools on the basis of binding educational standards and result-oriented evaluation.
- Measures to improve professionalism in teaching with particular regard to diagnostic and methodical competence as an element of systematic school development.
- Measures to expand provision of all-day activities and care with the aim of increasing opportunities for education and support, with particular regard to pupils with educational deficits and to especially gifted pupils.
The Länder have implemented concepts/strategies to realize these measures. The measures mark the frame and indicate the aims, but due to their responsibility for educational affairs, each Länder decides on its own about the adequate strategy or concept to be applied. In certain cases, some Länder also follow similar strategies.
Puoi spiegare brevemente alcune delle strategie che hai utilizzato per realizzare i tuoi obiettivi educativi?
Nel mese di giugno 2002, the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs adopted a resolution to introduce Bildungsstandards (educational standards) binding for all Länder. In 2003 e 2004, educational standards were adopted for the primary sector, il Hauptschulabschluss e il Mittlerer Schulabschluss (secondary school programs). Nel mese di ottobre 2012, the Standing Conference, on the basis of a decision of October 2007, has resolved educational standards for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife (general higher education entrance qualification) in German and Mathematics and in follow-on courses in the foreign languages of English and French.
Nel mese di giugno 2006, the Standing Conference adopted a comprehensive strategy for educational monitoring which consists of four interconnected areas:
- Participation in international comparative studies of pupil achievement.
- Central review of the achievement of educational standards in a comparison between the Länder.
- Comparative studies within the Länder in order to review the efficiency of individual schools.
- The joint education reporting of the Federation and the Länder.
The evaluation of research and teaching has been provided for in the higher education sector since the amendment to the Framework Act for Higher Education.
The evaluation of study courses and subjects is also established in the higher education legislation of most Länder. In a resolution of March 2002, the Standing Conference laid down the future development of quality assurance for all Länder and institutions of higher education; in the long-term, this should lead to an overall concept for quality assurance, taking account of all types of higher education institutions and all study courses. With the introduction of the accreditation of study courses, the setting up of the Accreditation Council, the foundation of accreditation agencies and the adoption of joint structural requirements for all Länder for Bachelor’s and Master’s study courses, standards and procedures were established for the teaching sector. These should provide students and employers with reliable orientation and create transparency in international cooperation with regard to the study offer and study qualifications in Germany.
Nel mese di settembre 2005, the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder passed a comprehensive quality assurance framework concept for teaching.
Il 2004 Standards for Teacher Training in the Educational Sciences and the December 2008 edition of the common content requirements for subject-related studies and subject-related didactics in teacher training, which apply to all Länder, serve as the basis for the accreditation and evaluation of teacher-training courses.
Nel mese di ottobre 2003, the Standing Conference first published a report on the education system in Germany, “Education Report for Germany: First Findings”, which mainly focuses on schools providing general education. The first joint education report of the Federation and the Länder, “Education in Germany”, which mainly focuses on education and migration, was presented in 2006. The second national education report concentrates on the transition from school into vocational education and training, higher education and the labour market, and was presented in June 2008. The third national Education Report, presented in June 2010, was devoted primarily to “perspectives of education in demographic change.”
Cosa può fare il resto del mondo, imparare dalla vostra esperienza?
We do not want to claim that others shall “learn” from us, but we will be happy to share our experience. In Germania, the Länder responsible for educational affairs have agreed on necessary measures and have made their implementation a joint enterprise. It has also been a good experience that due to the rather disappointing results in the first PISA test, there has been a broad consensus in society that we must try to implement these measures.
What are the next steps for the German education system, given your achievements so far?
We will try hard to maintain the achievements reached so far which can not be taken for granted, as an analysis of the results of the last PISA test shows.
We will go on trying to improve the development of each individual’s potential. We will continue our efforts to reduce the differences in achievement of students with and without an immigration background, and of boys and girls and of students coming from different social backgrounds.
Photos courtesy of OECD/PISA and Elfriede Ohrnberger
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