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Challenges Facing Norwegian Education: Declining Student Skills and Government’s Plan to Scrap National Tests

The reasons for the decline probably lie both inside and outside the school. Therefore, teachers cannot reverse this development alone, says Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap). Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten, NTB

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The government’s plans to scrap national tests are much scarier.

Published: 06.12.2023 23:18

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So here are the results of last year’s Pisa survey. The skills of Norwegian 15-year-olds have fallen sharply in mathematics, science and reading since the last survey.

Never before have the results in any of the categories been worse. Norway is one of only eight countries where the gap between the best and worst pupils has increased since the last report came out in 2019.

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2023-12-06 22:18:38


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