It is understandable that given the years of poor PISA results, the Hamburg press celebrates partial success. But this must be equal to a gross distortion lead story on the front page, such as the Hamburg Evening Gazette on June 23, 2010: "Surprisingly PISA success for Hamburg."
Even the subtitles are not correctly reflect the most recent result, but glosses over even the English results and the German results, "in English for students in 3rd place in Germany in German-improved only slightly.
We note: In German, the crucial subject, the result is still scandalously poor in all categories, such as number 14 out of 16 countries.
is in English Hamburg to its own reporting of the Evening Gazette in reading on a seventh place, but-and this is the celebrated success in the category-to listen and to include content of English texts a third place in Bavaria and Baden Wuerttemberg. This result should be analyzed further.
set as yet able to celebrate the Hamburg Senate's make or break a success?
Perhaps with a view of the current popular vote?
the way, actually makes the head of department policy, its land titles themselves? Then would the assessments carried out an indictment of Peter Ulrich Meyer.
day, on Jun 24, 2010 Meyer rows in an editorial: "Hamburg will catch up" in the title is not yet clearly identified and must be back in the subtitle give already: "But student performance comparisons provide only scant information".
It is understandable that after years of failures in Hamburg, always accompanied, but little known and hardly fought in the press of the media center of Hamburg, the responsibility of the journalists, including Peter Ulrich Meyer pushes hard. This responsibility he shares with education experts from the School Board, Department of Education and interest groups, the interest due, or from a lack of insight, the media have the wool pulled over their eyes.
the end of his editorial takes refuge in the Peter Ulrich Meyer principle of hope:
The recently adopted by the citizens, for Hamburg now almost too expensive rate reductions and other measures in elementary schools / primary schools in the medium term would bring change for the better. Has the specialized science education actually now at least "proved" that rate cuts lead to increase performance?
No matter the rate reductions come anyway even if the primary school by the fall referendum.
But one thing has always been reliable in Hamburg: the results of education policy reforms have never been calculated, the careers in the school board completely independently and the most underrated side effects often a dangerous burden.
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