In brief...Top of the class

Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt ()

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Abstract: Boys may be better off not going to the school with high-performing peers, according to research by Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt, which explores how much impact there is on later confidence and exam results from where a child ranks in primary school. They find that being ranked in the top quarter of your primary school peers as opposed to the bottom quarter improves later test scores by twice as much as being taught by a highly effective teacher for one year (with boys four times more affected by being top of the class than girls). Non-cognitive skills such as confidence, perseverance and resilience have big effects on achievement.

Keywords: Rank; non-cognitive skills; peer effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-12
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