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Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Karoly, Lynn A.; Dearing, Eric – Educational Researcher, 2023
We study a decade of achievement gaps for fifth-, eighth-, and 10th-grade students in Norway using administrative population data. Norway is a wealthy and egalitarian country with a homogeneous educational system, yet achievement gaps between students at the 90th and 10th percentiles of parental income and between students whose parents have at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap, Grade 5, Grade 8
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Kristjansson, Alfgeir Logi; Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This study examines the relationship between parental support, parental monitoring, and time spent with parents and academic achievement among adolescent girls and boys in Iceland, a high-income per-capita Nordic country. The indirect role of school effort is also examined. Data of 7430 9th and 10th graders is analyzed in the study. Structural…
Descriptors: Females, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Grade 10
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Aursand, Leah; Rutkowski, David – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
In recent years, exclusion rates in PISA have risen in many countries, including a sharper-than-average rise in Norway. This article focuses on Norway's experience with exclusion rates in PISA, including an analysis tracking this increase between 2000 and 2018. Through interviews with key stakeholders, this article explores several ideas that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students