A new curriculum for the Swedish driver education was introduced in March 2006 and in September 2006 a new theory driving licence test was introduced. The Swedish driver education system is criterion referenced. This means that the curriculum for the driver education regulates both the education and the driving licence test. Underlying this kind of system is the assumption that the knowledge and skills measured in the tests will be consistent with the knowledge and skills specified in the curriculum. The degree to which expectations and assessment are in agreement and serve in conjunction with one another is defined as alignment by Webb (2002). The notion of alignment has recently become one of the most important principles of education reform. Measuring alignment can be helpful when evaluating education, especially as it is important to have accurate information about what the tests measure (Koretz, 2006) The aim of this paper was to describe how alignment between the curriculum for the Swedish driver education and driving licence test can be examined.