德國是歐洲相當重要的國家之一，其中等教育不僅具有悠久的歷史，而且 是世界各國學習模仿的對象。近年來，由於德國經濟發展趨緩，失業問題嚴重， 在《國際學生評量方案》中的表現不佳，加上歐盟逐漸的擴張，需要建立共同 的意識。因此，德國政府積極的進行中等教育的改革。希望可以促進經濟發展， 解決失業問題，提升學生表現的水準，並且配合歐盟的擴張，加強歐洲意識的 形成。這些教育改革的內容主要包括：將綜合中學改為全日制、實施主幹學校 工作計畫、設立中等學校畢業考試、高中畢業會考的年齡提前、統一舉辦高中 畢業會考、實施國家教育標準測驗、建立新的學校制度架構和進行教學品質和 條件的改革。這些措施可以提供我國政府作為中等教育改革的參考。

Germany is a very important country in Europe. Its secondary education has not only a long history, but it is also a learning example for many countries in the world. There are many reasons to promote German secondary education reform. The slow economic development in Germany, the recently serious problem of unemployment, the poor performance in "Programme for International Student Assessment", and the need for expansion of the EU to an establishment of common consciousness. The German government expects this reform to encourage economic development, to solve the problem of unemployment, to lift student's performance standards, and to construct European consciousness in order to facilitate the expansion of the EU. The main contents of this reform include changing comprehensive schools to whole day schools, implementing work programs for main schools, building completion Examinations in secondary schools, allowing students to take high school completion Examinations earlier, unifying high school completion Examinations, implementing a national test for educational standards, building a new school framework, and engaging in reform of instructional quality and conditions. These measures can be offered to Taiwan as a reference for secondary education reform.