Europe in the curricula of European compulsory schools. Or: Is there a need for a European curriculum?

In recent years, a wide variety of comparative studies on educational policies, economics and legislative situations in selected nation-states and, increasingly, on a global and international level have been performed worldwide. The last, and most famous study in many ways is being organized since 2000 in more and more countries around the world. This study known under the name PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is) aimed at assessing 15-year-olds in terms of their skills in reading, mathematics and natural sciences. Under the auspices of the OECD, a research design was developed in order to produce specified results and making records available, which up to now were not available for scientific comparison study.status: publishe