School Radar
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| Find the best school for your child | |
| Online evaluation portal for schools | |
| languages | German |
| operator | spickmich GmbH |
| editorial staff | spickmich GmbH |
| On-line | April 2008 |
| http://www.schulradar.de/ | |
SchulRadar was a German-language website for exchanging views on primary and secondary schools in Germany. Parents were able to assign grades for their children's schools on the platform.
background
School radar was launched in April 2008. The initiators of the site are the operators of the thematically related and controversial student network spickmich , on which students could grade their teachers and their school.
According to the operator, Schulradar should “serve parents in Germany as a source of information about potential schools for their children”. In 2008, 32,000 German schools were recorded in the database. 40,000 parents registered who had given around 100,000 ratings.
On August 12, 2014, the site with its sister site was shut down spickmich.
Functions
The users could register in a certain role , e.g. B. as a parent or teacher. Since June 2008 there have been certified user accounts for school principals.
Schulradar offered the various user groups several options for exchanging opinions and information: In addition to the criticized evaluation function, there was a school search - broken down by school type -, information on the school profile and nationwide top lists of all schools evaluated so far.
Furthermore, quotes from teachers and a forum were offered as a discussion area on various topics.
School evaluation
All secondary schools and primary schools in Germany could be assessed. There were 6 criteria for which parents can submit grades: Individual support, condition of buildings / equipment, teachers, school management, activities accompanying lessons, school climate.
Each registered member was allowed to grade a total of 5 schools. The evaluation was made anonymously, except for written comments. Users also had the opportunity to post photos of schools and to answer the question whether they would like to attend this school themselves.
In addition, the grades that students gave for their schools on spickmich were transferred to the school radar.
criticism
Since it was launched, the platform has often come under fire due to the principle of public school evaluation:
The reduction of the school image to a few evaluation criteria is one of the controversial aspects, as is the anonymity of the votes, which makes the system prone to abuse.
For these reasons, many school principals were skeptical of the platform - criticism of schools as such is appropriate, but not in this way.
In February 2009, some of the anonymous comments written by parents prompted the Hamburg school authorities to file an injunction against school radar at the Hamburg Regional Court . The case will be heard in April 2009. A contribution by the TV show Stern TV on January 28, 2009 via the Internet portal in connection with the lawsuit from Hamburg provoked further criticism of both schools and parents involved in school radar.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Parental Certificate , Der Westen (WAZ) of April 25, 2008
- ^ Teachers with many certificates , Zeit Online, April 10, 2008
- ↑ Spickmich für Mama und Papa , Spiegel Online Schulspiegel from April 8, 2008
- ↑ a b Evaluation portals for teachers are in demand ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Stuttgarter Zeitung, February 2, 2009
- ↑ a b Schulradar.de: The school evaluation portal opens for directors , financial news from June 17, 2008
- ↑ a b After the teachers, the schools now receive grades ( memento from October 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Welt Online from April 25, 2008, accessed on September 23, 2015.
- ↑ Philologists' Association criticizes new school evaluation site , PC-Welt from April 8, 2008
- ↑ Education in Web 2.0 (blog of the University of Osnabrück) - Presentation: Schulradar.de ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , April 23, 2008
- ↑ a b Parents write certificates for schools ( memento of the original from September 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , RP Online April 8, 2008
- ↑ a b Now there are notes from the parents , Der Westen (WAZ) from April 9, 2008
- ↑ a b Teachers 'Association warns of the "Schulradar" evaluation portal , German Teachers' Association of March 9, 2008
- ↑ Schul-Kritik.de: School Radar: sense and nonsense , May 7th 2008
- ↑ Schulradar.de: The school overview for parents ( memento from April 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), press portal from April 3, 2008, accessed on September 23, 2015.
- ^ Schulradar.de: Your favorite school at a click , Westdeutsche Zeitung newsline from May 23, 2008
- ↑ School radar: large rejection ( memento of the original from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , RP Online May 5, 2008
- ↑ Some schools refuse to comment on the portal. Parents spike with school radar ( memento of the original from September 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , RP Online May 15, 2008
- ↑ Hamburg authorities defend themselves against sharp criticism from school radar , Schulspiegel, January 10, 2009
- ↑ Trouble with Stern TV report ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , RP-Online, February 2, 2009
