Gesamtschulen might put bright working class students at risk according to several studies. It could be shown that an achievement gap opens between working class students attending a comprehensive and their middle class peers. Also working class students attending a Gymnasium or a Realschule outperform students from similar backgrounds attending a comprehensive. However it is not students attending a comprehensive, but students attending a Hauptschule, who perform the poorest. COUNT 3
QSN1 Who could be made vulnerable by the Gasemtschulen? ANS1 bright working class students QSN2 From what group does an achievement gap separate working class students at comprehensive schools? ANS2 middle class peers QSN3 At which school do students achieve the least success? ANS3 Hauptschule