Statistics Norway

Marks, lower secondary school

3 Average examination marks, selected subjects, by gender and parents' educational attainment level. 2012
Subject All pupils      Boys      Girls Parents' educational attainment level
Primary, lower secondary or no formal education Upper secondary education University and college education, 4 years or less University and college education, more than 4 years Educational attainment level unknown
English, written 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.4 3.3
English, oral 4.4 4.3 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.6 5.0 4.0
Mathematics, written 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.2 2.8 3.4 3.9 2.7
Mathematics, oral 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.8 3.8
Natural sciences, oral 4.3 4.1 4.5 3.6 4.0 4.6 5.0 3.9
Norwegian first-choice form, written 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.0 2.8
Norwegian second-choice form, written 3.3 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.0
Norwegian, oral 4.4 4.1 4.7 3.8 4.2 4.7 5.1 3.9
Religion, philosophy and ethics, oral 4.4 4.1 4.6 3.7 4.1 4.7 5.1 3.9
Social sciences, oral 4.4 4.2 4.5 3.6 4.1 4.7 5.1 3.9

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