The Investigation's Proposal: Scrap the F-Grade

Today's grading system is too black and white and risks many students losing motivation. Therefore, the grading inquiry will propose a ten-grade scale and the broad concept of failed – grade F – will be abolished.

» Updated: October 05 2024

» Published: September 17 2024

The Investigation's Proposal: Scrap the F-Grade
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The magazine Vi Lärare has received a number of proposals that the investigation is expected to submit to the government at the beginning of next year. The current letter grades A-F will be replaced by numerical grades.

We want a grading scale of 1-10 where the grade 4 corresponds to what society considers acceptable knowledge. But grades 1-3 will also be awarded, says the investigator Magnus Henrekson, professor of economics, to Vi Lärare.

Provides a better picture

The proposal means that students who currently receive an F in the future may receive grades 1, 2 or 3. But the investigation does not label these grades as failed - even 1, 2 and 3 contribute to the merit value and have a value when the student applies further.

The new scale will, according to Henrekson, be more informative and more motivating for the student.

It's very important to get a better picture of what a person can actually do. There must also be something to work towards. Today, it's a problem that those who fail lose motivation. With our proposal, there are more steps to work towards, says Magnus Henrekson to TT.

In the proposal that the investigation is working on, the opportunities to continue to upper secondary school will increase. Simply put, overall approved and good performances will be able to outweigh a single poor one.

We think it's a more reasonable principle to have eligibility rules based on the entire merit value, says Magnus Henrekson.

Sweden stands out

He also notes that Sweden stands out internationally with the high proportion of students who do not become eligible for upper secondary school and the high proportion who complete upper secondary school without receiving a diploma.

To counteract grade injustices and inflation, all national tests in upper secondary school and upper secondary school will be digital and centrally corrected. Students' grade points will be normalized against the results of the national tests.

Education Minister Johan Pehrson (L) received a question at a press conference on Tuesday about whether he is willing to abolish the system with F-grades.

How we design the grading system, how we get more into upper secondary school, I'm willing to be very open about and discuss, said Pehrson.

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