IQB Task Browser

Test items assess students’ proficiency in a specific domain (e.g., Reading). The IQB’s test items cover competences at various proficiency levels. In the IQB Task Browser, you can find thoroughly tested items from the Nationwide Achievement Tests (VERA), including answer keys, didactic comments, and further materials.

Learning tasks aim to build knowledge and skills in class and to foster motivation to learn. High-quality learning tasks initiate learning processes with students and guide them through a sequence of tasks at different levels. Complex learning tasks are designed to transfer control of completing the tasks to the students. They include opportunities for feedback to strengthen students’ self-concept. In the Task Browser, you can find various learning tasks that demonstrate the structure of specific competence expectations in relation to the educational standards. These learning tasks are also commented on from a didactic perspective.

Tasks for Abitur exams are used for a written final exam in a subject at either an advanced or a basic level. Expert groups develop the tasks for Abitur exams based on the educational standards for the General Higher Education Entrance Qualification and on additional agreements between the federal states, as outlined in the supplementary documents. The IQB Task Browser contains exam tasks from the joint pools that have already been used in exams, provided that usage rights for copyrighted materials have been acquired.