Table

Distribution of pupils by mastering levels in national tests in 8th grade, by parents' educational attainment level and the pupils' mastering level in the corresponding test in 5th grade three years before. Per cent¹
	2019
	Mastering level English					Mastering level reading Norwegian					Mastering level Mathematics
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
¹National tests in English in 5th grade were cancelled in 2011, therefore no results are presented.
The pupils' mastering level in 5th grade
All pupils
1	21.7	41.7	34.0	2.3	0.3	21.4	32.9	41.9	3.5	0.2	19.1	54.4	25.2	1.2	0.1
2	2.5	15.0	59.6	18.9	4.0	3.3	11.2	57.1	24.6	3.8	2.4	19.1	55.5	20.5	2.5
3	0.2	0.7	18.9	39.8	40.3	0.5	1.1	21.0	45.5	32.0	0.3	1.9	19.0	41.6	37.2
Unknown/did not participate in 5th grade	34.5	25.5	24.8	8.3	6.9	50.2	22.8	19.1	5.9	2.0	35.3	32.7	20.9	7.7	3.5

Parents do not have tertiary education
1	25.7	42.8	29.9	1.5	0.1	25.4	34.9	37.0	2.4	0.1	21.9	55.7	21.7	0.7	0.0
2	3.6	18.1	61.0	14.9	2.3	5.0	15.0	58.8	19.0	2.2	3.4	24.6	55.4	15.1	1.5
3	0.4	1.2	25.5	42.1	30.8	0.9	2.5	29.8	45.6	21.2	0.8	3.8	28.0	42.4	24.9
Unknown/did not participate in 5th grade	41.7	29.1	21.9	4.8	2.5	57.4	23.7	15.5	3.0	0.3	42.9	37.3	15.4	3.0	1.4

Parents have tertiary education
1	17.9	40.7	38.0	3.0	0.4	16.7	30.6	47.7	4.8	0.2	15.4	52.8	29.9	1.9	0.1
2	1.9	13.3	58.6	21.2	5.0	2.3	8.7	56.1	28.0	4.8	1.7	15.8	55.6	23.8	3.0
3	0.1	0.5	16.4	38.9	44.1	0.4	0.7	18.7	45.5	34.8	0.2	1.3	16.4	41.4	40.6
Unknown/did not participate in 5th grade	25.4	22.4	27.6	12.3	12.3	36.5	21.6	25.5	11.5	4.9	25.8	24.9	27.0	15.2	7.1

Parents' educational attainment level is unknown
1	23.8	42.5	30.9	2.2	0.6	26.3	35.7	37.0	1.0	0.0	23.9	55.4	20.1	0.7	0.0
2	2.0	11.8	65.2	16.7	4.3	6.2	16.3	55.7	18.3	3.5	4.1	22.9	54.2	17.7	1.2
3	0.5	0.5	20.7	44.1	34.0	1.5	3.0	25.4	43.3	26.9	1.1	6.9	26.4	41.4	24.1
Unknown/did not participate in 5th grade	33.1	22.7	26.7	9.7	7.9	55.2	22.8	17.1	3.6	1.3	32.6	33.5	23.7	7.2	3.0