Education, Swedish experiences Birgitta Magnusson Eurostat price and volume workshop 26-27 May 2005

Organisation Sector Prod. value % share Private 21 12 NPISH 9 5 Public 147 83 177 100 What kind of units (services) do we have then? Compulsary education covers children from 6 till 16 years of age. Within compulsary education we also have separate information for children with special needs, a separate calculation is made for this with different weights depending on how much assistance different pupils need. This production amounts to about 4-5 percent of the total production value. Teaching is measured by number of pupil hours. The number of hours spent at school varies between 20 and 35 hours per week for different age groups. Teaching is divided into two parts as the unit cost for mothertongue and Swedish as a secondary language is much more higher than ordinary lessons. School meals – number of pupils School transports – deflation by a weighted index for bus and taxi transports Student’ care – includes services of doctor and nurce but also guidance for further studies and vocational guidance – number of students. Only last year students are counted for vocational and further studies guidance. Pre-school class – number of children including an extra weight for those who need extra language support

Some figures,production value

Pre-school No of children per age-group Below the age of 3: 0.4 personnel per child Above 3 years: 0.2 personnel per child Children with language-support get an extra 0.2-weight What kind of units (services) do we have then? Compulsary education covers children from 6 till 16 years of age. Within compulsary education we also have separate information for children with special needs, a separate calculation is made for this with different weights depending on how much assistance different pupils need. This production amounts to about 4-5 percent of the total production value. Teaching is measured by number of pupil hours. The number of hours spent at school varies between 20 and 35 hours per week for different age groups. Teaching is divided into two parts as the unit cost for mothertongue and Swedish as a secondary language is much more higher than ordinary lessons. School meals – number of pupils School transports – deflation by a weighted index for bus and taxi transports Student’ care – includes services of doctor and nurce but also guidance for further studies and vocational guidance – number of students. Only last year students are counted for vocational and further studies guidance. Pre-school class – number of children including an extra weight for those who need extra language support

Services, compulsary school Teaching, ordinary Teaching, mothertongue and Swedish as a secondary language School meals School transports, etc Student’s care Pre-school class (6-year olds) What kind of units (services) do we have then? Compulsary education covers children from 7 till 16 years of age. Within compulsary education we also have separate information for children with special needs, a separate calculation is made for this with different weights depending on how much assistance different pupils need. This production amounts to about 4-5 percent of the total production value. Teaching is measured by number of pupil hours. The number of hours spent at school varies between 20 and 35 hours per week for different age groups. Teaching is divided into two parts as the unit cost for mothertongue and Swedish as a secondary language is much more higher than ordinary lessons. School meals – number of pupils School transports – deflation by a weighted index for bus and taxi transports Student’ care – includes services of doctor and nurce but also guidance for further studies and vocational guidance – number of students. Only last year students are counted for vocational and further studies guidance. Pre-school class – number of children including an extra weight for those who need extra language support

Quality adjustments No. of pupils leaving without final certificate Merit value for the 16 best subjects in the final certificate No. of pupils leaving with marks in Swedish, English and mathematics (qualified for further studies) Quality adjustments used: 1.The number of students leaving compulsary school at 16 years of age, that do not receive a final certificate about 500.

Upper secondary education, 16-19 years old The same services as for compulsary school but no. of pupils attending different programs weighted with the average expenditure per program Quality adjustments No. of pupils with final certificate Average mark for pupils with final certificate The same services – but we don’t have any pre-school training here of course As for compulsary school there is also separate information on expenditures and number of pupils with special needs. This group is calculated separately, they have special vocational programs. A variety of diffent programms are offered, about 20, for which separate calculations are made. The average expenditure per pupil varies a lot between the different programs. For each program the number of pupils per program and the average expenditure per program is used. Quality adjustments used:

University, basic Normal study is 40 points per year Receive resources according to two principles: No of registered full-time students No of finished full-time students/courses To weight students in different educational areas government grants is used - per full time equivalent - per full time performance and by area.

University, research The corresponding measure is the degree of activity A 100 % activity is one full time researcher

Volume index Costs - Weight together the cost for a full time equivalent student with the cost for a full time performance - per educational area Use the costs to weight the volume and calculate indices

Volume index Cost to weight the volume Volume index, t Volume year t weighted by costs t-1 / Volume year t-1 weighted with costs t-1 WC = Weighted Cost FTES = Full Time Equivalent Student FTP = Full Time Performance G = Grant V = Volume E = Educational Area

Variations in the calculations Excluding commissioned education in the volume indicator Including commissioned education in the indicator CSN included/excluded, CSN separately, using number of students as approx volume indicator Only full time student cost (instead of the weighted cost) Not much variation in the results

Further work Continue investigating possible quality adjustments Calculations over a longer period of time Study input more closely. Consistency over time Short time indicators