Improving Schools in Sweden: An OECD Perspective

This report proposes a comprehensive education reform for Sweden, designed to bring about system-wide change, and equity and quality in its school system. From an international perspective, it examines the challenges facing the Swedish school system, while also analysing its strengths. The report provides a number of recommendations and policy actions, with the following three as highest priority.

Establish the conditions that promote quality and equity across Swedish schools
Build capacity for teaching and learning through a long term human resource strategy
Strengthen the steering of policy and accountability with a focus on improvement

Blog

How Sweden’s school system can regain its old strength,
by Andreas Schleicher, Director, Directorate for Education and Skills

Press release

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Improving schools in Sweden

Related material

Resources, policies and practices in Sweden’s schooling system: An in-depth analysis of PISA 2012 results.
TALIS Country Note – Sweden.

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Improving Schools in Sweden: An OECD Perspective