Schools like any other? - Independent schools as part of the system 1991-2004
This report takes as its starting point previous studies carried out by the National Agency for Education and examines whether independent schools have helped to improve the education system in the manner intended.
Sammanfattning 2: Summary: Today independent schools are a major element in the Swedish school system. They are often included in the National Agency for Education.s studies and evaluations in the same way as schools run by the municipalities. The report is an abridged version of the Swedish report "Skolor som alla andra? - Med fristående skolor i systemet 2001-2004".. Swedish National Agency for Education report 271. The original Swedish report contains a chapter summarising previous studies of independent schools compared with municipal schools. It contains a more detailed chapter showing the number and geographical spread of independent schools in Sweden. The report also contains an appendix describing the statistical methods and analyses used.
