Jonas Vlachos, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, is interviewed on Agenda about grade inflation in upper secondary schools.
After years of debate about grade inflation in upper secondary schools, a recent study by the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) and the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) shows that students from independent schools perform worse during their first year of higher education.
In an interview with SVT’s Agenda, Jonas Vlachos points to reports from the past twenty years showing that independent schools grade more generously than municipal schools. According to Jonas Vlachos, the major problem is that there is no external regulation of the grading system.
Watch the interview on Agenda here
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Text by: Anneli Eriksson
Last updated: March 18, 2024
Source: Department of Economics