Statistics Norway

National tests

2 Distribution of pupils by mastering levels in national tests in 8th grade, by parents' educational attainment level and the centrality of pupils' school municipality. 2009-2010. Per cent
  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
2010                              
All pupils                              
Remote municipalities 10.2 20.9 40.1 20.4 8.4 7.1 23.7 37.9 21.5 9.8 6.2 21.2 42.0 20.4 10.2
Fairly remote municipalities 10.6 20.2 40.8 19.7 8.8 8.1 23.1 37.9 21.8 9.1 6.7 21.1 43.1 19.2 9.9
Fairly central municipalities 11.3 21.5 40.0 18.8 8.4 8.1 23.8 38.8 21.0 8.3 7.2 22.6 42.9 18.0 9.3
Central municipalities 9.4 18.6 39.5 21.8 10.8 7.1 21.3 36.4 23.8 11.4 6.4 19.8 41.3 20.7 11.8
Parents do not have tertiary education                              
Remote municipalities 12.8 24.2 40.2 17.4 5.4 8.8 28.6 38.6 17.4 6.6 7.9 26.0 43.3 16.2 6.6
Fairly remote municipalities 15.0 23.6 39.9 15.9 5.5 11.3 27.0 39.9 16.9 4.9 9.1 26.3 44.1 14.6 5.9
Fairly central municipalities 15.0 25.3 38.9 15.1 5.6 10.7 29.0 39.7 16.2 4.4 10.3 28.4 43.0 13.6 4.8
Central municipalities 13.6 23.9 40.3 16.4 5.9 10.4 28.3 38.3 17.5 5.4 9.8 27.1 42.6 14.9 5.6
Parents have tertiary education                              
Remote municipalities 6.1 15.4 40.4 25.4 12.7 4.2 15.9 37.1 28.1 14.7 3.2 13.7 40.8 26.5 15.8
Fairly remote municipalities 5.2 15.9 42.0 24.3 12.6 3.5 18.5 36.5 27.8 13.8 3.4 15.0 42.2 24.9 14.5
Fairly central municipalities 6.3 16.6 42.0 23.4 11.7 4.2 17.2 38.5 27.0 13.1 3.4 15.2 43.2 23.5 14.9
Central municipalities 4.5 13.1 39.2 27.5 15.7 3.0 13.9 35.0 30.6 17.4 2.8 12.4 40.1 26.5 18.2
Parents' educational attainment level is unknown                              
Remote municipalities 17.9 33.8 32.5 9.9 6.0 17.4 35.5 33.9 7.4 5.8 13.8 29.9 32.3 18.0 6.0
Fairly remote municipalities 21.9 31.5 32.9 8.2 5.5 42.9 28.6 12.5 10.7 5.4 20.0 25.3 37.3 10.7 6.7
Fairly central municipalities 24.9 32.7 26.1 9.4 6.9 27.6 36.0 19.7 13.3 3.4 13.8 36.4 34.9 10.3 4.6
Central municipalities 24.1 27.0 29.9 11.4 7.6 24.9 33.4 27.2 10.6 3.9 13.6 27.4 38.2 15.5 5.2
                               
2009                              
All pupils                              
Remote municipalities 11.9 21.6 40.6 17.5 8.5 6.7 20.9 43.5 19.8 9.2 6.7 21.7 42.1 19.1 10.5
Fairly remote municipalities 11.9 19.3 39.9 19.6 9.3 8.5 21.5 41.4 20.0 8.6 6.7 22.3 43.0 17.8 10.1
Fairly central municipalities 11.1 21.0 40.8 18.7 8.5 7.9 21.8 41.7 19.8 8.8 7.2 22.8 42.4 17.9 9.6
Central municipalities 10.1 18.2 40.4 20.6 10.7 7.7 19.2 40.5 21.3 11.3 6.2 19.3 40.8 20.8 12.8
Parents do not have tertiary education                              
Remote municipalities 15.2 24.9 39.5 13.9 6.4 8.3 25.4 44.6 15.7 5.9 8.7 25.5 43.2 16.1 6.6
Fairly remote municipalities 15.9 22.8 39.9 15.9 5.6 11.2 27.5 41.3 14.6 5.4 9.1 27.0 44.0 13.5 6.3
Fairly central municipalities 14.8 24.5 40.5 14.8 5.4 10.5 27.6 42.1 14.8 5.1 9.9 28.5 42.7 13.5 5.5
Central municipalities 14.6 23.6 40.8 15.3 5.7 10.8 26.5 42.6 14.8 5.3 9.3 26.1 42.6 15.7 6.2
Parents have tertiary education                              
Remote municipalities 6.1 16.0 42.6 23.4 11.9 3.2 13.3 41.8 27.0 14.7 3.1 15.0 40.8 24.2 16.9
Fairly remote municipalities 6.9 14.8 40.3 24.2 13.7 4.9 14.1 42.0 26.6 12.5 3.6 16.4 41.9 23.2 14.8
Fairly central municipalities 5.9 16.3 41.6 23.7 12.5 3.4 14.4 42.1 26.5 13.6 3.5 15.4 42.4 23.7 14.9
Central municipalities 4.8 12.4 40.6 26.4 15.8 3.2 11.6 39.1 28.5 17.6 2.9 12.1 39.2 26.3 19.6
Parents' educational attainment level is unknown                              
Remote municipalities 18.0 25.7 36.1 13.1 7.1 22.2 23.5 40.1 9.3 4.9 11.3 31.2 35.5 15.1 7.0
Fairly remote municipalities 17.0 27.3 31.8 17.0 6.8 23.9 31.3 26.9 11.9 6.0 11.6 27.9 41.9 12.8 5.8
Fairly central municipalities 24.5 25.5 30.4 13.2 6.4 38.8 24.0 21.9 10.9 4.4 15.2 30.4 34.6 12.4 7.4
Central municipalities 24.7 23.9 30.1 12.3 9.0 33.2 27.4 26.3 8.7 4.4 11.2 26.5 37.2 16.0 9.1

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