Sammanfattning 2: Skolverket, the National Agency for Education, is Sweden.s national authority for pre-school activities, school-aged child-care, schools and adult education. The Agency.s role is to review and evaluate education, stimulate development and check the performance of the education system in relation to legislation and statutory regulations.The National Agency for Education.s collective remit is to make active contributions to ensure that national objectives for pre-school activities, school-aged child-care, schools and adult education are achieved. In order to gain information about the various institutions and to promote improvement, the Agency is involved in follow-up, evaluation, development and supervision. The Agency conducts quality audits and also maintains and supports research into educational matters.