In order to demonstrate their level of achievement, pupils perform written, oral and practical work at appropriate intervals in accordance with the requirements of the respective course of education, the relevant grade levels and the individual subjects, learning areas, learning fields and learning field groups. Performance records are used for performance assessment and as a basis for counseling.

The individual written, oral and practical performance records as well as the overall performance achieved during a school year are assessed according to six grade levels. In certain grades or in some courses at special schools, the grades can be supplemented or replaced by a general assessment or a points system.

Statements on performance assessment are contained in the Thuringian School Act, in the Thuringian school regulations for elementary school, community schools, mainstream schools, grammar schools and comprehensive schools as well as in school regulations for vocational schools. This applies in particular to regulations on the type, number, scope, difficulty and weighting of performance records, on performance assessment without and with the aid of grades and on certificates/examinations. The curricula contain further specifications on performance assessments.