Number of cases:

 Field time: May 2, 2011 – May 20, 2011

Data collection: IEA DPC – IEA Data Processing and Research Center, Hamburg

Mode of survey: Written questionnaire and tests (PAPI)

Main study 2011/12: Students of Grade 12 and 13 (Doppeljahrgang), study number A73

 1 Master Sample: Students of Grade 12 and 13 at upper secondary schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg

1.1 Target persons: Students

• Sample: Access to the population of all students attending upper secondary schools (Gymnasium) in Baden-Wuerttemberg who are affected by the G8 reform was gained via size-proportional sampling of 50 upper secondary schools. The measure of size for the draw is proportional to the medial number of students in Grades 10 to 12 during the 2010/11 school year. Through the selected upper secondary schools, all four student cohorts that are affected by the reform were reached: a) Grade 13 students during the school year of 2010/11, b) Grade 12 students, and c) Grade 13 students during the school year of 2011/12 (Doppeljahrgang), as well as d) Grade 12 students during the school year of 2012/13. Within each year group a sample size of 40 students per selected school is gained by simple random sampling.

 
1.2 Context persons: Teachers

• Definition: All departmant heads in mathematics, German, and English in the selected schools are invited to participate.

 
1.3. Context persons: School principals

• Definition: All school principals in the selected schools are invited to participate.

 Number of cases:

  Field time: April 23, 2012 – May 18, 2012