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Bavaria Cancels Statewide 10th-Grade English Test After Early Task Leak

Schools may instead run the material as ungraded practice or choose a centrally prepared alternative on 18 June 2026.

Overview

  • The graded Jahrgangsstufentest for Gymnasium tenth graders scheduled for Monday will not be administered as an assessed exam in the 2025/26 school year.
  • The education ministry said equal treatment could not be ensured because the tasks became known in advance at a single school.
  • Officials did not disclose which school was involved in the premature disclosure.
  • Schools may use the leaked material voluntarily for practice, and participation in the June 18, 2026 central replacement test is at each school's discretion.
  • Mediengruppe Bayern first reported the leak, and Bavaria’s standardized year-level tests have been used since 1998 to compare performance across subjects.