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Swedish government accused of boosting overall school test scores by removing results from migrants June 7, 2020 11:00 AM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS Swedish government authorities are now deliberately boosting pupil test scores to make it look as if there is no problem with migrant students. “Swedish newspaper Expressen has claimed that as many as 11 per cent of pupils were excluded from writing PISA exams including large numbers of foreign-born pupils.” The manipulation of test scores is part of an effort by Swedish authorities to garner public support for its open-door immigration policy, despite increasing Islamization that has seen Sweden grapple with violent crime and no-go zones. A Turkish politician even formed a party last year to fight against anti-Muslim sentiment in Sweden. Mikail Yüksel “said the new party will fight not only against anti-Muslim sentiments but also for the rights of migrants.” This latest deception of lying about pupil test scores is a deliberate campaign to send the message to Swedish citizens that they don’t need to worry about the future of their economy, or about crime and jihad attacks, because after all, the vast influx of Muslim migrants are adapting, learning and integrating well. Meanwhile, Arabic has become the main language at several preschools in Ronneby, Blekinge County, causing communication problems between the staff and children and leading the Moderate Party to warn of “Arabization.” Sweden has also been giving danger payto teachers working in no-go zones. Elsewhere in Europe as expected, school test results have shown a “ huge gap” between migrants and natives. “Sweden Accused of Removing Migrant Pupil Results to Boost School Test Scores,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, June 5, 2020: The Swedish government has been accused of removing test scores of foreign-born pupils and those with poor Swedish language skills to artificially boost the country’s PISA educational score. The revelations claim that Sweden did not follow the rules of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which runs the PISA educational programme and that if they had, the country’s results would have been much lower than reported. Education Minister Anna Ekström had initially called the 2019 PISA results “a day of joy”, but Swedish newspaper Expressen has claimed that as many as 11 per cent of pupils were excluded from writing PISA exams including large numbers of foreign-born pupils. PISA regulations state that pupils who have been taught the native language of a country for at least a year should be participating in writing the exam, which is generally taken between the ages of 15 and 16. The newspaper spoke to principal Ulrika Mattsson who acknowledged her school had broked the PISA rules. She said: “It is the pupils who have come to us who have had little or no schooling before.” Mattsson added: “We have not drawn the limit at 12 or 14 months, but made decisions [to exclude] on a case-by-case basis. When there have been doubts, we consider what is in the pupil’s best interests. How will it be for the pupil to write the exam?” Professor Magnus Henrekson at the Institute for Business Research stated that the accusations were “extremely serious” and noted: “The PISA results have in practice been used as a measure both of how the Swedish school stands in comparison with other countries and how it develops over time.” Expressen has claimed that if the PISA regulations had been followed, Sweden would have scored between five and 13 points lower than the official results…..