Kunnskapsløftet ("The Knowledge Promotion Reform") was introduced in all Norwegian primary and secondary schools from 2006. The overall goal of the school reform was to increase the level of knowledge and the basic skills ...

11 425 Oslo-ungdommer i alderen 14-17 år deltok våren 1996 i Ungdomsundersøkelsen i Oslo (Ung i Oslo 1996). Rapporten presenterer hovedresultatene fra undersøkelsen. Formålet er å gi et bredt og oppdatert bilde av både ...

Ny GIV is a three-year effort by the government to increase the completion rate in secondary education. This report is about the Transition Project (Overgangsprosjektet) in Ny GIV. The aim of the Transition Project is to ...

In June, 2010 a legislative change was effected making an offer of homework assistance to all pupils in years 1 through 4 mandatory for all primary schools in Norway, when the children are from 6-7 to 9-10 years old. ...

The project Does the Knowledge Promotion reform also promote equality in achievement? is part of an ongoing evaluation of a major educational reform which takes place in Norwegian primary and secondary schools from 2006 ...

A new practical subject – Arbeidslivsfaget ("working life course")– was introduced as an option for a selected number of lower secondary schools in 2009 and 2010. It is a practical oriented course where students are to ...

This is the first report from NOVAs contribution to the ongoing evaluation of the Knowledge Promotion reform, initiated by the Ministry of Education and Research and organised and financed by the The Norwegian Directorate ...

In Norway optional subjects in lower secondary school are limited. With the latest reform in the 10-year compulsory school The Knowledge Promotion Reform implemented in 2006, available choices for pupils in lower secondary ...

Since autumn 2009 a new subject – «arbeidslivsfag» – has been implemented as an experiment in 133 selected lower secondary schools. The intension has been to develop a practical subject, as an alternative to students who ...

This is the second report from NOVAs project – Does the Knowledge Promotion reform also promote equality in achievement ? The project is part of a large and ongoing evaluation of the Knowledge Promotion reform, initiated ...