Norway

Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Review - Norway

Norway’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) system has experienced a strong expansion over the last decade. More children than ever are enrolled in its kindergartens.

OECD Skills Strategy Action Report: Norway

This report draws upon valuable insights provided by both governmental and non-governmental actors in Norway’s skills system to identify five key actions to maximise the skills of Norway's citizens.

OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Norway 2014

OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Norway

This diagnostic report identifies 12 skills challenges for Norway which were distilled from a series of interactive diagnostic workshops held with a range of stakeholders. It marshals a wide array of relevant OECD evidence to shed further light on these challenges. It also offers some concrete examples of how other countries are tackling similar skills challenges.

PISA 2012 mathematics, reading and science results - Norway

Note summarising the performance of Norway in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.

OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Norway 2011

This book provides, for Norway, an independent analysis from an international perspective of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework in education along with current policy initiatives and possible future approaches.

OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Norway

Norway has a well-established tradition of decentralisation and school autonomy. In this decentralised context, evaluation and assessment are essential to monitor the quality of education nationally and provide feedback for improvement to school owners and schools.

ICT in Initial Teacher Training - Norway: Country report

This report is the Norwegian national report for the OECD-project “ICT in initial teacher training”. The OECD study compares 10 countries, and is a project strand within the OECD/CERI project New Millennium Learners.

OECD Reviews of Migrant Education - Norway

Strong economic performance has attracted immigrants to Norway in recent years. Most migrants come to Norway for humanitarian or family reunification reasons; but increasingly they come to seek work and many have lower socio-economic background than their native peers.

Making the most of Norwegian schools

Traditionally, the Norwegian compulsory education system has focused strongly on the linked goals of equal opportunities to learn, comprehensive and inclusive education.