Statistics Norway

Marks, lower secondary school

8 Distribution of overall achievement marks in Mathematics, English and Norwegian, by mastering levels on national tests in 8th grade in 2007. 2010. Per cent
  The pupils' mastering level in 8th grade1
  1 2 3 4 5 Unknown/Did not participate
English, written, overall achievement            
1 5.3 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.6
2 44.3 21.7 3.9 0.5 0.1 21.4
3 40.1 49.8 27.5 6.7 2.4 28.9
4 9.4 23.7 45.8 34.3 16.3 25.5
5 0.9 3.4 21.0 47.9 48.3 14.7
6 0.0 0.1 1.7 10.6 32.9 4.8
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
English, oral, overall achievement            
1 3.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.8
2 29.7 12.8 2.6 0.5 0.2 17.2
3 46.0 42.3 17.9 4.7 1.9 27.6
4 18.6 36.0 46.1 28.5 14.0 27.7
5 2.6 7.9 30.5 53.5 52.9 19.5
6 0.1 0.2 2.7 12.7 31.1 5.2
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Mathematics, overall achievement            
1 13.5 3.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.0
2 64.8 46.6 12.9 1.5 0.2 30.5
3 18.9 39.2 37.5 11.4 2.1 27.7
4 2.6 9.9 36.0 36.0 13.7 20.6
5 0.2 1.1 12.6 43.8 51.8 13.1
6 0.0 0.1 0.7 7.4 32.2 3.1
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Norwegian first-choice form, overall achievement            
1 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.8
2 38.6 16.6 4.4 0.8 0.2 21.8
3 48.1 52.6 31.2 11.3 3.0 32.8
4 10.4 26.4 45.5 41.3 24.3 28.0
5 0.6 4.0 17.6 41.5 55.9 13.9
6 0.1 0.1 1.1 5.0 16.7 1.7
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Norwegian, oral, overall achievement            
1 2.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.6
2 26.1 11.4 3.8 0.9 0.2 15.7
3 45.7 39.2 20.5 7.4 2.5 29.5
4 22.1 37.0 41.7 29.1 15.2 29.6
5 3.5 11.1 30.7 51.5 56.8 20.2
6 0.1 0.6 3.1 11.0 25.3 3.4
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
1  Overall achievement marks in the English subjects are compared with the pupils' mastering level on the national test in English in 8th grade in 2007. Norwegian subjects are compared with the national test in reading Norwegian, and Mathematics is compared with the national test in Mathematics.

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