Assessing the evidence for the comparability of socioeconomic status between students with and without immigrant background in Norway and Sweden

Large-scale Assessments in Education

An IERI – International Educational Research Institute Journal

Table 1 The snapshot of immigrant students in Norway and Sweden

Country	Proportion of immigrant students, %	Proportion of disadvantaged immigrant students, %	Performance in reading			Gap in average reading performance between immigrant and non-immigrant students	Score-point difference in reading performance associated with immigrant background*
Country	Proportion of immigrant students, %	Proportion of disadvantaged immigrant students, %	Non-immigrant students	2nd-gen. immigrant students	1st-gen. immigrant students
Norway	12.4	46.9	509	463	451	52 points	− 33
Sweden	20.5	45.6	525	471	410	82 points	− 54

Derived from: OECD, PISA 2018 Database, Tables II.B1.9.1 and II.B1.9.3; https://doi.org/10.1787/888934037051). OECD average: − 24
*After accounting for gender, and students’ and schools’ socioeconomic status