Students can enter primary school colleges with a secondary school certificate (HAVO/VWO) or vocational diploma (MBO). Because of concerns regarding disappointing results of first-year teacher training students, a compulsory mathematics and language test has recently been introduced. Research showed that a large group of students in teacher education was not able to perform in mathematics at the level that is required for pupils at the end of primary education. All students at the end of the first year of the teacher training course are now required to complete the test. Failing the test means they cannot continue with the next year of their programme.