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    Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen

    from Berlin

    The Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen (IQB) promotes educational quality in Germany through the development of educational standards, test tasks, and competency models. It supports schools and teachers in an interdisciplinary manner and is committed to empirical educational research.

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    Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen (IQB)

    The Institut zur Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen (IQB) is a scientific institution of the federal states in the Federal Republic of Germany, located at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Founded in 2004 in response to unsatisfactory results in international school performance studies, the IQB is tasked with improving the quality and efficiency of the German education system.

    Key Products and Services

    • Educational Standards and Test Tasks: The IQB develops and standardizes cross-state educational standards and corresponding test tasks to verify the achievement of these standards in German schools. This includes the regular implementation of IQB education trends and the development of tasks for comparative assessments (VERA/learning assessments) in grades 3 and 8[1][2].
    • Competence Level Models: The institute creates subject-didactic and empirically based competence level models that describe the requirements for students in various subjects and school levels.
    • Abitur Examination Tasks: Since the 2013/2014 school year, the IQB has coordinated the development of Abitur examination tasks based on the educational standards of the Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK)[1].
    • Research and Publications: The IQB is active in empirical educational research and regularly publishes studies and materials that support school and teaching development[2].

    Main Mission and Values

    The main mission of the IQB is to contribute to the improvement of school education in Germany, promote alignment with international performance levels, and support the efforts of the states for higher quality in teaching and schools. The IQB aims to promote cross-state exchange on measures of quality development and quality assurance and to ensure comparability and permeability in the German education system[1].

    Sustainability Goals and Initiatives

    The IQB is engaged in various initiatives to sustainably improve educational quality:

    • Support for Schools in Difficult Situations: Through projects like SchuMaS (School Makes Strong), the IQB supports socially oriented school and teaching development at schools in difficult situations[2].
    • Promotion of Teacher Professionalization: The IQB develops offerings for the professionalization of teachers, particularly in dealing with interdisciplinary teaching requirements[2].
    • Empirical Educational Research: Through continuous research and publications, the IQB contributes to the systematic use of data for school and teaching development[2].

    The IQB works interdisciplinary with teachers, researchers from the fields of subject didactics, psychology, educational sciences, and sociology to ensure comprehensive and scientifically based support for the education system.

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