FROM PISA TO EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS: THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS ON SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GERMANY |
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| Authors: | Knut Neumann Hans E Fischer and Alexander Kauertz |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation (CIMO), Helsinki, Finland |
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| Abstract: | The German education system does not traditionally rely on standardized testing. However, when the Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) study revealed an average performance of German students compared to other participating countries,
a particular proportion of low-performing students, and remarkable disparities between the federal states, German policy makers
decided for a major reform of the education system. A core piece of this reform was the introduction of National Education
Standards. For science education, these standards were heavily influenced by the PISA results and its underlying framework.
That is, with the standards, a paradigm shift took place from the German notion of Bildung towards the Anglo-American notion of literacy. With the introduction of these standards, a new field of empirical educational research was created: research on models
of scientific literacy or competency models as a basis of benchmarking the standards. This article describes the German education
system before PISA, summarizes the major findings from PISA, and describes how these findings informed the formulation of
the performance standards for science education. It also details the measures undertaken to benchmark these standards. Finally,
it provides insight into the issues with developing and benchmarking performance standards and points out future areas of
research on evidence-based decision making in educational policy. |
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