Control work
Control work took place in the GDR standard school until the mid-1950s from grade 5.
These were central class work that had to be written under written exams at the beginning of February of each school year. The German language, mathematics and Russian subjects were tested. All topics and tasks were planned, assessed and specified by the Ministry of National Education. While in the lower grades only the material from the previous school half year or school year was up for discussion, the control work in the 8th grade could demand the material from the previous two school years, in the 9th grade the material from three school years, in the 10th grade the Material from four school years, in 11th grade the material from five school years and in 12th grade the material from six school years. Separate instructions were issued for Sorbian schools.
primary school
The following had to be completed under the exam:
- in the 5th school year
German language (dictation) in 45 minutes,
mathematics in 60 minutes - in the 6th school year
German language (dictation) in 45 minutes,
mathematics in 90 minutes - in the 7th school year
German language (dictation) in 45 minutes,
mathematics in 90 minutes - in the 8th school year
German language (dictation) in 45 minutes
German language (sentence analysis) in 60 minutes
Mathematics in 90 minutes
Russian (translation) in 90 minutes
Ten-grade school and high school
The following had to be completed under the exam:
- in the 9th school year
German language (dictation) in 45 minutes,
mathematics in 120 minutes - in the 10th school year
German language (essay) in 180 minutes
B classes: Mathematics in 120 minutes
A and C classes: Russian (translation) in 120 minutes - in the 11th school year
German language (essay) in 240 minutes
B classes: Mathematics in 180 minutes
A and C classes: Russian (translation) in 120 minutes - In the 12th school year
German language (essay) in 240 minutes
B classes: Mathematics in 240 minutes
A and C classes: Russian (translation) in 120 minutes
meaning
Like the promotion tests , the control work served as a mechanism to establish and guarantee the achievement principle as far as possible in the unit school. The manageability, the didactic planning and the fulfillment of the curricula could be checked. Observations about the professional level of school and pupils became possible, as well as conclusions about the wealth of material, the methodology and the interaction of the various levels of the democratic unified school. The guidelines for assessing the exams were appended by the Ministry of Popular Education with a list of questions that each teacher involved should answer openly and honestly, in order to bring uncertainties in practice to the Ministry so that future improvements in curricula and teaching can be achieved could. The statistical evaluation of the control work was carried out comprehensively and provided extensive, reliable, detailed information about the school system and its structures. Later these valuable experiences flowed into the progress of the unit school. For example, the great reform of 1959, including the curriculum of the polytechnic high school , is based to a large extent on the database that the long-term performance evaluations in the form of control work and promotion tests provided.
Individual evidence
- ↑ VuMMfV No. 162/53 Implementation provision for the instruction on the preparation of control work in elementary and secondary schools of November 20, 1953 for the 1953/54 school year of November 20
swell
- Decrees and notifications of the Ministry for National Education of the German Democratic Republic, 1953–1989
- Decrees and notifications of the Ministry for National Education and the State Secretariat for Vocational Education and Training of the German Democratic Republic, 1970–1989
- Curriculum of the 10-class general polytechnic high school of the German Democratic Republic, 1959
- Curriculum of the expanded 12-class general polytechnic secondary school of the German Democratic Republic, 1961