Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Published October 21, 2023 | Version v1
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Teacher judgements and gender achievement gaps in primary education in England, Germany, and the US

Creators

  • 1. Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 2. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 3. Leipzig University
  • 4. University of Bristol
  • 5. University of Chicago
  • 6. Columbia University

Description

Highlights
• Above and beyond achievement, teacher overrate girls in language, underrate them in mathematics.
• Teacher judgement bias predicts later student achievement net of earlier achievement.
• Teacher judgement bias contributes to gender achievement gaps.
• Despite these common findings, cross-country differences emerged.

Data availability

The code for the analysis of the NEPS data (Germany) is available at the Open Science Framework (OSF): https://osf.io/vn56m/?view_only=b7273c5e2f5d4ed8be85d50649f10b1b.

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Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102938
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:9139

Funding

U.K. Economic and Social Research Council
ES/S015191/1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
SCHN 1116/1-1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
WE 1478/12–1
NICHD
2P2CHD058486

UChicago Information

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Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Department(s)
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice Research Publications