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Why read German students better

Lisa Aigner writes on 01/03/2011 at the Austrian "Standard":

"Compared to Austria, the school career longer and the joy of learning more." Germany is catching up, "said the German Ministry of Education, the publication of the Pisa study, commented in 2009." The result is devastating, "said the Austrian Minister of Education Claudia Smith (SPÖ) in response to the results. Although the two systems are comparable (and in Germany there are secondary schools and grammar schools and only a few comprehensive schools) and the proportion of tested migrants equal, managed Germany from the "Pisa to recover shock "in 2000.
Germany has achieved in reading with 497 points, the OECD Average. Compared to 2000, Germany has thus improved by 13 points. Austria, however, has reached only 470 points in reading, in 2000 the figure was still 492 ... "

Lisa Aigner in the course of the article examines the question of what Germany does so better than Austria . Among other things, she picks out three points:

1. Germany's education system offers more time for systematic learning,
2. has a long education,
3. the attitude towards learning is positive right in Germany

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