Gender Bias in Assessments of Teacher Performance

Sabrin Beg, Anne Fitzpatrick and Adrienne Lucas

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, vol. 111, 190-95

Abstract: To measure whether principals exhibit gender bias when assessing teacher effectiveness, we compare principals' subjective evaluations against teachers' self-evaluations and objective effectiveness in Ghanaian primary schools. Female and male teachers rate themselves equivalently. Principals are 11 percentage points less likely to rate a female teacher as "more effective," but female teachers are objectively more effective based on student learning. Principals assess the least effective male teacher as more effective than the objectively most effective female teacher. We corroborate results with a survey experiment showing similar gender bias. This bias against female teachers has implications for promotion and student learning.

JEL-codes: D63 I25 J16 J45 J62 J71 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211126

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