However, this is not immediately an attitude that the government shares.
On Thursday, Aarhus announces that an application is on its way to the ministry. Aalborg and Copenhagen have also contacted the minister, they state.
Thomas Medom (SF), councilor for Children and Young People in Aarhus, points out that several studies have shown that the tests are full of errors.
– In a hard-pressed corona time, schools must spend the sparse time before the summer holidays on other and more important things, he says in a press release.
In February, Copenhagen sent a call to the Minister for Children and Education Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (S) to cancel or make the tests voluntary this year.
The municipality’s mayor for children and young people, Jesper Christensen (S), basically supports the idea of ββthe national tests.
– But it has been a very special school year this year under difficult conditions with corona and distance learning, he says in a written comment.
He points out that it has given the school children an academic and social backlog, and therefore the focus should in the first instance be on the students’ well-being.
– As the situation is now, the national tests will hardly give a comprehensive or comparable picture of the professional level, he believes.
Odense has also contacted the minister to get her and the parties in the Folketing to reconsider the tests.
However, it does not appear that the municipalities’ prayer has been heard. The government believes that the national tests must be carried out.
– It is important to uncover the scope and nature of academic challenges, so that the schools can make a targeted effort in relation to the individual student and class, writes Minister Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (S) on Thursday in a parliamentary response.
The answer comes to questions from SF’s group chairman, Jacob Mark, who has asked if the minister will reconsider this year’s national test.
The tests to measure students’ academic level must be taken between March 1 and June 11. The period has been extended due to corona.