Swedish Language Test Proposal Rejected by City

Councilman Jan Jönsson (L) proposed introducing a Swedish language test, similar to the existing math test, to better track students' reading comprehension and provide schools with tools for improvement. However, the City Executive Board and the Education Administration rejected the proposal. They cited a 2022 investigation which found that such a test would be difficult to design comparably with 9th-grade grades and would be too extensive, costly, and administratively demanding.