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This report aims to provide a specialist definition ofthe concept of educational standards, taking the
inteational debate on education policy and educational science into account, and to present a
framework describing the function of educational standards in the overall context of educational
monitoring, school evaluation and the evaluation of specific programmes. Since educational standards are to be designed in such a way that they become the driving force in the pedagogical development of our schools, the expertise also considers the conditions that will facilitate their successful implementation. Furthermore, the report describes the infrastructure required for the development and evaluation of educational standards in Germany.
This report aims to provide a specialist definition ofthe concept of educational standards, taking the
inteational debate on education policy and educational science into account, and to present a
framework describing the function of educational standards in the overall context of educational
monitoring, school evaluation and the evaluation of specific programmes. Since educational standards are to be designed in such a way that they become the driving force in the pedagogical development of our schools, the expertise also considers the conditions that will facilitate their successful implementation. Furthermore, the report describes the infrastructure required for the development and evaluation of educational standards in Germany.