Grundsatze und Umsetzung in den Kantonen, BBT, Bern. Identifying alternatives that work is not an easy task. In Germany for instance, a ‘transition system’ to take care of low performing students at rsik of dropping out of education has developed into an intransparent ‘jungle’ of unrelated measures that often do not even lead to transition. The OECD Policy Review of Germany has criticised this arrangement as costly and inefficient (Hoeckel and Schwartz, forthcoming).