The project throws light on pupils’ experience of assessment as a consequence of changes to the education system in the direction of a stronger State interest in gauging knowledge in a decentralised and competitive school system. Documenting results is nothing new in itself for this age group (years 4-6 or middle school), but the reintroduction of the national grading system, “betyg”, in year 6 and the implementation of several national tests has consequences for how knowledge assessment is carried out in the middle school, and – in the long run – for how students are raised and develop as schoolchildren.
