Comparing teachers’ assessments and national test results – evidence from Sweden

Erica Lindahl ()
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Erica Lindahl: Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

No 2007:24, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: This study compares results on national tests with teachers’ assessment of student performance, by using Swedish data of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic background. That is, if the relationship between school leaving certificates and national test results differs between girls and boys or between natives and non-natives. The results show that girls are more generously rewarded in teachers’ assessment compared to test results in all three subjects studied. Non-native students are more generously rewarded in teachers’ assessment compared to test results in two out of three subjects studied.

Keywords: School performance; gender; race (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2007-10-16
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