Gender grading bias in junior high school mathematics

Petter Berg, Ola Palmgren and Björn Tyrefors

Admission to high school in Sweden is based on the final grades from junior high. This paper compares students' final mathematics grade with new data from a high school introductory test score in mathematics. Both the grades and the test are based on the same syllabus, but teachers enjoy great discretion when deciding final grades, as the grades are not externally evaluated. The results show a substantial grading difference, consistent with grading bias against boys.

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Year of publication:	February 13, 2019
Authors:	Berg, Petter ; Palmgren, Ola ; Tyrefors, Björn
Publisher:	Stockholm, Sweden : Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Subject:	Educational economics \| Gender \| Grading bias \| Mathematics \| Geschlecht \| Mathematik \| Geschlechterdiskriminierung \| Gender discrimination \| Systematischer Fehler \| Bias \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 11 Seiten)
Series:	IFN working paper. - Stockholm, ZDB-ID 2483275-3. - Vol. no. 1263 (2019)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/210904 [Handle]
Classification:	I20 - Education. General ; i24 ; I28 - Government Policy ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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