Statistics Norway

Marks, lower secondary school

4 Average overall achievement marks, selected subjects, by immigration category. 2010
Subject Immigration category
Other pupils Immigrant pupils Norwegian born pupils to immigrant parents
English, written 3.9 3.2 3.7
English, oral 4.1 3.5 4.0
Arts and crafts 4.3 3.9 4.1
Physical education 4.4 4.1 4.2
Mathematics 3.6 3.0 3.5
Food and health 4.4 3.9 4.3
Music 4.3 3.7 4.1
Natural sciences 4.0 3.4 3.9
Norwegian first-choice form 3.9 3.2 3.6
Norwegian second-choice form 3.7 3.4 3.6
Norwegian, oral 4.2 3.5 4.0
Religion, philosophy and ethics 4.1 3.6 4.0
Social sciences 4.1 3.5 4.0

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