An Evaluative Review of the High Quality Devel-opment of Education in Weak Schools——An Analysis Based on German School Awards
The German School Award is one of the most influential school honors in Germany,which gives a chance to disadvantaged schools that achieved remarkable achieve-ment via reform and innovation.The award has advanced evaluation concepts,an open and transparent evaluation method and process,and a comprehensive system of evaluation indi-cators.An analysis of the texts of award-winning weak schools over the past 18 years re-veals that the problems faced by the schools are mainly caused by their low educational streaming status and the poor socio-economic background of their students'families.The award-winning schools have many unique features and reform initiatives in management,teachers,students,curriculum,learning and teaching methods,and have achieved educa-tional results that exceed expectations.In the context of deepening education evaluation re-form,the German School Award can provide reference for primary and secondary school evaluation in China in many aspects.
GermanGerman School Awardeducational evaluationweak schoolshigh quality development