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Sweden's for-profit schools may be grading more generously, study finds

A new Uppsala University thesis finds pupils at Sweden's for-profit independent schools receive higher grades on average than their backgrounds would predict, suggesting more generous grading. Because compulsory-school grades decide entry to popular upper-secondary programmes, the gap may give pupils from high-income households an advantage over others in the competition for places.

Sweden's for-profit schools may be grading more generously, study finds

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