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Sogn og Fjordane pupils have highest marks
Pupils in Sogn og Fjordane county had the highest average marks of those who completed lower secondary school in 2013. All in all, the differences between counties are relatively small, and social background and gender are factors that have a greater impact on the final result.
| 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower secondary school points | English, written | Mathematics | Norwegian first-choice form | |
| All pupils | 40.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Sex | ||||
| Boys | 38.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Girls | 42.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Parents' educational attainment level | ||||
| Primary, lower secondary or no formal education | 33.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| Upper secondary education | 37.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| University and college education, 4 years or less | 42.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| University and college education, more than 4 years | 45.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Unknown | 34.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Pupils in Sogn og Fjordane had an average of 41.2 school points , compared with 40.0 for all pupils. Pupils in Akershus and Oslo counties also achieved high marks, with 41.1 and 40.8 school points on average respectively. The differences observed between the counties are relatively small, and the disparity between the counties with the highest and lowest average marks is just 2.4 school points.
Social background has impact on marks
There is an obvious positive correlation between parents’ educational level and pupils’ school results. On average, pupils who had parents with a long tertiary education achieved 45.6 school points, compared with 33.6 school points for pupils with the least educated parents. The differences related to social background are most evident in theoretical subjects, such as mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences. The average overall achievement mark in mathematics for pupils whose parents had the least education was 2.7, and the corresponding figure for pupils whose parents had a long tertiary education was 4.3.
Girls achieve higher marks in all subjects, except one
As in previous years, girls achieved higher marks in all subjects, except physical education. On average, girls achieved 42 school points, compared with 38 for boys. The largest gender gap was in Norwegian first-choice form, where the girls achieved on average 4.2 compared with boys who achieved 3.5. The marks in written examinations are generally lower than the overall achievement marks for the same subject, whereas the marks in oral examinations are generally higher than overall achievement marks.
Differences between public and private schools
Pupils who attend private schools have higher average overall achievement marks in English, mathematics and first choice form of Norwegian than pupils who attend public schools.
In English, mathematics and first choice form of Norwegian, the average overall achievement mark for pupils in private schools was 4.2, 3.8 and 4.1 respectively. The corresponding results for pupils in public schools were 3.9, 3.5 and 3.8.
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Rachel Ekren
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