Educational Standards

Development

Educational standards were introduced by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) in response to the results of international large-scale assessments of student achievement, which had identified shortcomings in the German educational system. The setting of competence goals serves the targeted improvement of quality within the education system.
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Implementation and Evaluation

Educational standards serve as a binding framework and have been implemented into the curricula of the federal states. The competence expectations defined by the educational standards are assessed through test tasks.
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