The new marking system is to be objective and achievement-related instead of relative. It will be geared to special achievement criteria which are to be devised in conjunction with the syllabi so as to make it clear to teachers and pupils which achievements are necessary for the award of a certain mark. Comparability will be achieved by means of national tests. Diagnostic tests in reading, writing and arithmetic should be administered in all municipal schools at the end of the second year. All municipal schools are also to administer subject tests in Swedish, English and mathematics at the end of the fifth and ninth years.
Swedish tests are also to be administered at independent schools.
All pupils will receive a leaving certificate. Teachers To qualify as a teacher a person must have completed a Swedish teacher training programme or equivalent certification from another Member State of the European Union. Unqualified teachers may be employed for a certain length of time if qualified staff are not available. Teachers are civil servants. They normally hold posts with conditional tenure, full time or part time.