This study has had as its purpose to give insight into how school leaders and teachers in four schools within four municipalities experience the work with the results from the NTE. My goal has been to reveal how this work is conducted, and to what extent the results from the NTE are used as part of the students’ formative assessment. The empirical data has shown that there is much room for improvement concerning this work. Indeed, when the results from the test are not properly analysed and or actively followed up by the teachers, completing the NTE stands out as a waste of time. Therefore, my title sums up my feelings towards the NTE; the test is important, but as it is today, the work being done with the NTE is not enough, and it is far from being used to its full potential. As I introduced this study by saying, in my opinion, all tests we require of the students, should in one way or another benefit the students. Sadly, the teachers’ work with the results from the NTE does not benefit the students.
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