National Reforms in School Education

2023

There have been no reforms.

2022

In February 2022, a decision was made to halt standardized obligatory testing in their current form, following a proposal from a working group on the future policy of standardized assessment in schools. In July the same year, the decision was followed up with the repealing of regulation 173/2017 on the organization and implementation of standardized testing in compulsory schools.  

Instead, efforts will be made to develop a new assessment scheme, named Matsferill, which will serve as a toolkit for pupils, teachers and schools to monitor progress and improve students’ learning and academic performance. The goal of Matsferil is to bring assessment closer to the users, as well as to serve as a school development tool.

2021

Amendments to the National Curriculum Guide

2023

There have been no reforms.

2022 

No significant reforms were made to the National Curriculum Guide. Changes were made to regulation 173/2017 on the organization and implementation of standardized testing in compulsory schools was repealed and standardized testing was halted. 

2021

 In November, reforms were made to sub-chapters 7 and 19 of the National Curriculum Guide. These changes aim toward a better support to pupils that do have Icelandic as a second language.