9:30 -10:00

Welcome: Ministry of Education and Children

10:00 – 10:25

• 20 min: Introduction: How do Student Achievement and Equity Change Over Time in the Nordic Countries? (Trude Nilsen and Jenna Hiltunen).

• 5 min: Q and A

10:25 – 10:40

Break

10:40 – 11:10

• 20 min: Teaching Quality and Assessment Practices: Have They Changed Over Time, and Are These Changes Related to the Changes in Student Achievement? (Jan-Eric Gustafsson)
• 10 min: Q and A

11:10 – 11:30

• 15 min: The Role of Teaching Quality and Assessment Practice in Promoting Educational Equity: What Do We Know? (Kajsa Yang Hansen)
• 5 min: Q and A

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch Break

12:30 – 13:00

Dr. Dirk Hastedt, Executive Director, IEA

13:00 – 13:30

• 25 min: Opportunities to Learn: Have They Changed Over Time, and Are These Changes Related to Student Achievement? (Trude Nilsen)
• 5 min: Q and A

13:30 – 13:50

• 15 min: The Role of Opportunities to Learn in Promoting Educational Equity: What Do We Know? (Trude Nilsen)
• 5 min: Q and A

13:50 – 14:00

Break

14:00 – 15:30

Panel: Opportunities to improve educational achievements in the Nordic countries.

Moderator: Ms. Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, PhD, Assistant Professor in Biology, University of Iceland.

Ms. Guri Nortvedt,  PhD, Professor in Mathematics Education, University of Oslo, Norway.

Mr. Hjalte Meilvang, PhD, Senior Consultant, Ministry of Education, National Agency for Education and Quality, Denmark.

Mr. Jóhann Örn Sigurjónsson, PhD, Specialist in Mathematics Education, Directorate of Education and School Services, Iceland.

Mr. Kari Nissinen, PhD in statistics, Senior Researcher. Finnish Institute for Educational Research at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. 

Ms. Pernilla Jonsson, Head of Unit. The National Agency for Education, Sweden.

15:30 – 16:00

Closing