one example of this is from sandefiord blad where parents in a primary school wrote a letter to the editor and complained about the assessment system that had been introduced in schools the municipality had interpreted the assessment for learning principles to involve assessment of students midyear using three categories in relation to expected attainment goals in the different subjects above average average or below average some of the teachers reacted strongly and wrote a letter to inform the municipality that they would not participate or use the tools from the municipality to categorise their pupils