Educational Evaluation Schemes and Gender Gaps in Student Achievement

Torberg Falch and Linn Renée Naper
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Linn Renée Naper: Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Abstract: This paper investigates whether gender gaps in student achievement are related to evaluation schemes. We exploit different evaluations at the end of compulsory education in Norway in a difference-in-difference framework. Compared to scores at anonymously evaluated central exit exams, girls get significantly higher grades than boys when assessed by their teacher. We find no evidence that the competitiveness of the environment can explain why boys do relatively better at the exam. The gender grading gap is related to teacher characteristics. The results indicate that the teacher-student interaction during coursework favor girls in the teacher grading.

Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2011-03-28
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