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- ISSN : 18151973 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
Improving Education Outcomes in Germany
Improving education outcomes is important for Germany’s long-term economic performance and social cohesion. While student achievement is above the OECD average in science and at the OECD average in reading and mathematics according to the 2006 OECD PISA study, weaker students tend to do badly by international comparison and socio-economic and/or immigrant backgrounds have a large impact. Another problem is that the proportion of younger people that completes tertiary education is relatively low. The authorities are undertaking wide ranging reforms touching all levels of education to tackle these problems. Nevertheless, there is scope to go further by: increasing participation in early childhood education and care of children from less advantaged socio-economic backgrounds and improving the quality of such education; improving teaching quality; reducing stratification in the school system; and making tertiary education more attractive and responsive to labour-market requirements. With the reforms underway or suggested, Germany would be able to look forward to higher education achievement and attainment and, especially, greater equality of education opportunity.
Mots-clés: stratification, Bologna reforms, teacher quality, early childhood education and care, equality of education opportunity, school system, internal rates of return on tertiary education, education, PISA, socio-economic background, immigrant background, attainment, school leadership, achievement, accountability, autonomy, early tracking
JEL:
J24: Labor and Demographic Economics / Demand and Supply of Labor / Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity;
I21: Health, Education, and Welfare / Education and Research Institutions / Analysis of Education;
I28: Health, Education, and Welfare / Education and Research Institutions / Education: Government Policy
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