The recteur, who is the local representative of the Ministry of Education, holds the main responsibility for the processing the assessment. Despite this centralisation, the French system strongly relies on the principle of participation and thus teachers are involved in all processes (INCA France, 2008). Even though differences existed between the assessment procedures across the German Lander, the only tool for verification was the collection of some sample papers for central checking. By now, however, most Ldnder have introduced central examinations to some extent.