Report 17. JAN 2020

The longer and more varied school day

An analysis of the reform initiatives

Authors:

  • Management and implementation
  • Children, youth and family
  • Daycare, school and education
Staged photo: Cathrine Kjærø Ulf Ertmann/VIVE

Implementation of Danish School Reform is progressing slowly. Less than half of primary and lower secondary schools have not yet implemented the key initiatives in the school reform. The reform was initiated in 2014, but today many students do not have a school day with daily physical activities, instruction outside the classroom or other changes that reflect the reform intentions of providing students with more variation and better learning opportunities. Low degrees of implementation may be one of the reasons why the reform has had limited impact on students' academic performance and wellbeing up until now.

In two new reports, VIVE – The Danish Centre of Applied Social Science evaluates the Danish Primary and Lower Secondary School Reform the implementation of which started in the school year 2014/2015. The reports investigate whether implementation of the reform’s various elements is associated with better learning and wellbeing amongst primary and lower secondary school students four years after the reform. The reports also focus on how students, teachers and early childhood educators experience primary and lower secondary school today. The two reports complete the five-year evaluation carried out by VIVE – The Danish Centre of Applied Social Science on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Children and Education in the period 2015-2018.

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About this publication

  • Financed by

    Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet

  • Publisher

    VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd
VIVE – The Danish Centre for Social Science Research provides knowledge that contributes to developing the welfare society and strengthening quality development, efficiency enhancement and governance in the public sector, both in municipalities, regions and nationally.
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