{"id":4732,"date":"2016-08-26T19:36:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/?page_id=4732"},"modified":"2016-08-26T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:39:08","slug":"timss-target-grades-and-the-norwegian-curriculum-in-basic-and-secondary-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/timss-target-grades-and-the-norwegian-curriculum-in-basic-and-secondary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"TIMSS Target Grades and the Norwegian Curriculum in Basic and Secondary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-norway\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/timss-target-grades-and-the-norwegian-curriculum-in-basic-and-secondary-schools\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>TIMSS Target Grades and the Norwegian Curriculum in Basic and Secondary Schools<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>TIMSS Target Grades and the Norwegian Curriculum in Basic and Secondary Schools<\/h2>\n<p>Grades 5 and 9 are the TIMSS 2015 target grades for Norway. In previous TIMSS studies, the target populations in Norway have been Grades 4 and 8. The average age of the two grades in 2011 was 9.7 and 13.7, respectively. At the beginning of the TIMSS 2015 cycle, Norway asked IEA to accept and acknowledge a shift of target populations, to Grade 5 from Grade 4, and to Grade 9 from Grade 8. The main argument was that Grade 1 in Norway resembles the preschool year in many other countries, particularly the other Nordic countries. In addition, the average ages of the target populations in the other Nordic countries were approximately one year higher than in Norway. These large age differences reduced the validity of the comparisons between Norway and the other Nordic countries. IEA accepted the request; however, for trend reasons Grades 4 and 8 also are tested in this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian curriculum is organized by grade ranges, and curriculum goals specify competencies to be attained by the end of Grades 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The competency goals for Grade\u00a04 can easily be compared to the <em>TIMSS\u00a02015 Assessment Frameworks<\/em><sup>7<\/sup> for the fourth grade. For Grades 5, 8, and 9, however, there are no grade-specific curricular goals; at these stages, goals are combined for Grades 5 to 7 and Grades\u00a08 to 10, respectively. In addition, the order in which subjects are presented to students within these grade ranges may vary across schools and textbooks. Hence, curriculum statements for Grades 5,\u00a08, and 9 in Norway only give a rough indication of what is covered.<\/p>\n<p>For each school subject, the curriculum includes an introduction outlining the general objectives and structure of the subject, specifications for basic skills in that subject, a list of competency goals, and statements regarding assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIMSS Target Grades and the Norwegian Curriculum in Basic and Secondary Schools Grades 5 and 9 are the TIMSS 2015 target grades for Norway. In previous TIMSS studies, the target populations in Norway have been Grades 4 and 8. The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/norway\/timss-target-grades-and-the-norwegian-curriculum-in-basic-and-secondary-schools\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":158,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4732","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4737,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4732\/revisions\/4737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}