reform/ changes

• what agreement regulated education? when? what areas?

  Dusseldorf 1955

  number of exam subjects, length of holidays, exam standards
• what report was released when which revealed what?

  1978 deficiencies report

  educational system needed to be more standardised across the states
• 3 ways the adequacy of the west german educational system was questioned:

  • spending on education = small portion of total national budget
  • differences in educational opportunity and quality between regions such as class size, certificate attainment and supply of qualified teachers
  • gender inequalities- more girls than boys left full time education and fewer continued into the gymnasium
• what type of shool was criticised for lowering education standards?

  comprehensive schools- bavaria only opened 1 comp school by 1990, highly conservative state
• what was a main limitation of the education system despite the reforms made? what was another unresolved challenge?

  elitist

  selective structure remained and comp schools not widely established

  relationship in provision between federal govt. and states and how far the provision was standardised