In the individual subjects, written works (class work) are common. They serve to check whether the students have reached the learning objective and the assessment of the performance of the students. An oral review of the benefits is also possible. All performance assessments are included in an overall assessment at the end of the school year. The assessment of the achievements in the individual subjects appears at the end of the school year as a grade in the certificate or so-called learning development reports on the achievements of the students are created. The performance assessment at the end of the school year decides whether the child can attend the next higher grade or, for outstanding achievements, whether the child can skip a grade.
For certain qualifications, examinations must be taken at school.
Education degrees in Thüringen ((§ 4 School Act Thüringen and School Regulations of Thüringen, https://www.thueringen.de/de/publikationen/pic/pubdownload1245.pdf)
Vocational Maturity
With the successful completion of the grade 9, the vocational maturity (Graduation from Hauptschule) is obtained without exam.
The qualifying vocational maturity is acquired after successful completion of grade 9 or tenth grade and successful completion of a voluntary examination. The exam passed who on average achieved at least satisfactory performance in the entire exam and no subject is rated worse than "sufficient".
Middle Maturity
The graduation from Realschule (middle maturity) is acquired after successful completion of the grade 10 and passed exam. This consists of two parts: the examinations in the subjects German, mathematics and in the first foreign language as well as an oral exam. The exam is passed if on average at least the grade "sufficient" was granted.
General university entrance qualification (Abitur)
The general university entrance qualification (Abitur) is acquired with the successful completion of the upper secondary level after class 12. The exam for Abitur consists of three written exams and one oral exam.
University of applied science entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife)
The university of applied science entrance qualification consists of a successfully completed part at school and a practical part. It can be acquired by successfully attending a vocational school and taking an exam.
The school-based part of the university of applied science entrance qualification can also be acquired by successful completion of the class 11 in the upper secondary level.
The practical part can then be obtained through