Comment / Future Development

The current Swedish government has presented a proposal to change the existing grading system both for compulsory and upper secondary school. There will be seven levels from school year 6. There are also many arguments heard in the political debate to have even earlier grading. It is decided that from the first school year, the parents will have written judgements about their children’s achievements. A general trend in Sweden is to move towards a more centralized school system and to give priority to the so called theoretical subjects.