Class mirror

A class table , often also referred to as a grade table or censorship table , provides statistical information about the distribution of results achieved in school performance assessments within a learning group .

A distinction is to be made between the performance overview and the seating plan (also: seating arrangement ) with information about permanently allocated seats within a school class. This is also sometimes referred to regionally as a class index.

shape

A class overview is generally structured in tabular form. In the primary and lower secondary levels in Germany, analogous to the grades 1–6 assigned there, the number of class work or tests that have achieved this grade is given. In the upper secondary level , the exams that were evaluated with the respective number of points are added up in the course overview when evaluating the points system . In addition, further information on the number of points required for obtaining the class as well as a class average can be added to the class table.

discussion

The specification of class tables when returning class work or tests is regularly discussed by everyone involved in the school.

Critics say, for example, that it could be a violation of data protection. In addition, the announcement that there were very good or very bad grades could lead to an exclusion of the students concerned.

In contrast, advocates see the purely statistical information on the distribution of grades as sufficient anonymization and thus no data protection breach. Pupils and their parents named it advantageous that they can see the spread of individual grades in the class and can classify their own performance in the context of the class.

Situation in Germany

The regulation as to whether a censorship table is communicated when class work is returned depends on the respective federal state . In some federal states this information is mandatory (e.g. Hessen ), in other federal states it is forbidden. In other federal states there are no binding official regulations; there this is left to the educational freedom or educational responsibility of the respective teaching teacher. Depending on the federal state, schools can sometimes make binding agreements within the school. If there are no binding regulations through school laws, ordinances or decrees, pupils or parents have no right to information about the class table (decision of the Federal Administrative Court of July 3, 1978 (VII B 113.78)).

In some federal states, information on the grade point average is officially required in addition to or instead of a censorship table.

Bavaria

It is up to the respective teaching teacher whether the average and the class level are announced.

Berlin

The class table is published from grades 5 to 10, at grammar schools only up to grade 9. The class table for the upper secondary level (secondary level II) is not regulated.

Brandenburg

The class overview will be announced if this is decided by the parents' meeting.

Hesse

A class overview is announced with the return of a class test.

Lower Saxony

There is no uniform regulation.

North Rhine-Westphalia

The announcement of the class table is not regulated.

Rhineland-Palatinate

While the grades are published in schools from grade 5 onwards, class work in elementary school is not given a distribution of grades.

Saarland

Under 3.4.2 of the current decree it says: Forms and evaluations of all performance records as well as every written announcement of the evaluation of the participation within the meaning of number 3.2.1 are documented by the teacher for each student. Transcripts of grades are not disclosed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The State Commissioner for Data Protection Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Data protection in schools - May performance reviews be published? datenschutz-mv.de, archived from the original on October 25, 2007 ; Retrieved December 10, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection: Announcement of grades in class. datenschutz-bayern.de, accessed on December 10, 2014 . 
3. ↑ BVerwG, July 3rd, 1978 - BVerwG 7 B 113.78 - right to information; Issue of a transcript of records; Class work. Retrieved December 19, 2018 . 
4. ↑ VIS BE § 20 GsVO | State standard Berlin | - Learning success control | Ordinance on the course of education in primary schools (Primary School Ordinance - GsVO) of January 19, 2005 | valid from: 02.08.2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ VIS BE § 19 Sec I-VO | State standard Berlin | - Learning diagnosis, learning success control | Ordinance on the types of schools and courses of education at lower secondary level (Lower secondary level I-Ordinance - Sek I-VO) of March 31, 2010 | valid from: 08/17/2018. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
6. ↑ VIS BE VO-GO | State standard Berlin | Complete edition | Ordinance on the upper secondary school level (VO-GO) of April 18, 2007 | valid from: 01/01/2007. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Administrative regulations for performance evaluation in the schools of the State of Brandenburg (VV performance evaluation) of July 21, 2011 (OJ MBJS p. 215) ( Memento of February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) bravors.brandenburg.de, accessed on December 10 2014.
8. ^ Press archive of the Hessian state government. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; Retrieved December 10, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Are written papers provided with an overview of grades or an overview of grades? schulministerium.nrw.de, archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; Retrieved December 10, 2014 . 
10. ↑ School regulations for the public Realschulen plus, integrated comprehensive schools, grammar schools, colleges and evening grammar schools (comprehensive school regulations) of June 12, 2009. landesrecht.rlp.de, accessed on December 10, 2014 . 
11. ↑ School regulations for public primary schools from October 10, 2008. landesrecht.rlp.de, accessed on December 10, 2014 . 
12. ^ Ministry of Education and Culture of the Saarland. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 27, 2016 ; accessed on September 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.