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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before anyone gets too horny for the idea of their kids being alone on the university track, a few data points:

1) The German system was deemed so discriminatory that they are being forced to integrate the "academic" track by human rights courts, as the previous system systematically tracked immigrants and the children of immigrants onto the "vocational" track

2) Public satisfaction and test scores for German schools is at an all-time post-war low: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-schools-study/a-66669093

"In one instance, the INSM study looked into fourth graders' reading and listening tests from 2011 and 2021, and found that Bavaria is the only state making "minimal" progress. In fact, while fourth graders from Bremen placed last in 2011, their level of reading and listening comprehension became the new average for Germany by 2021."[/quote]

Read the study in German from your link.  This does not indicate something wrong with the German system in and of itself.  I hate to say it, but it’s pretty clear, and the study illuminates this; it’s all a phenomenon of the last 10 years exactly.  10 years ago, Germany admitted 1 million refugees in a matter of days-months into a population of 80 million.  The systems in the country were not prepared for this massive and rapid influx.  In the past, when immigration was more gradual, foreign language speaking kids were getting small group intensive German language instruction before they were integrated into the general classrooms.  (Likewise adults were getting intensive German classes instruction as part of integration btw.)  All these systems, classes, and mechanisms were overwhelmed at that time, and never recovered with continued demands.  And it’s not just languages.  A lot of migrants arrive with significant trauma, especially children.  It is just a lot of demands that did not exist previously.[/quote]

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