National test results: representation and misrepresentation. Challenges for municipal and local school administration in Norway

Figures & data

Figure 1. Number of municipalities, according to population. Data retrieved from Statistics Norway (2015b).

Table 1. Number of 5th graders in Norwegian municipalities and primary schools, 2015.² Data from the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Udir).

	Municipalities		Schools
Number of 5th graders	Frequency	Per cent	Frequency	Per cent
Less than 10	26	6.0	607	26.9
10 to 19	62	14.0	453	20.1
20 to 49	112	26.0	689	30.5
50 to 99	96	22.0	497	22.0
100 or more	132	31.0	11	0.5
Total	428	100.0	2257	100.00
Mean	138		27
Median	53		21

Figure 2. Screenshot from Skoleporten.no, taken in 2013. Average ‘mastering’ level in English, reading and numeracy for 5th graders in a county, for the school years 2008–09 to 2012–13.

Figure 3. Graph showing screenshot from Skoleporten.no, taken in 2016. Average mean scores in English, literacy and numeracy for 5th graders in a representative (typical) Norwegian municipality. School years 2014–15 and 2015–16. Key figures for each test are included in the table below the graph.

Figure 4. Average mean score in English, literacy and numeracy for 5th graders in four schools in a representative (typical) Norwegian municipality. School years 2014–15 and 2015–16. Results from school D have not been reported, due to its having fewer than 10 cases. Source: Skoleporten.no, 2016.

Statistics Norway. (2015b). Population and population changes, table 60913 (Data from StatBank, for 2015). Retrieved August 9, 2016, from https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken

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