How Undue Preference Leads to Unfairness—The Impact Of Teacher Favoritism on the Student Achievement Gap
This study investigates how teacher favoritism (i.e., systematically favoring students with a specific gender, ethnicity, or better previous class rank) affects the student achievement gap. Based on the practice of random class grouping within schools, a school fixed effect model is used to estimate the causal effect of teacher favoritism. According to the results, teacher favoritism leads to biased teacher evaluations of student behavioral conduct and educational achievement potential. Teacher favoritism toward students with a higher previous class rank also increases the overall achievement gap on standardized examinations, while gender favoritism primarily affects the achievement gap in English and Science. Conversely, the effect of ethnic favoritism is relatively weak, with a magnitude that is only half for students with previously high achievement. Moreover, improvement in the teacher-student relationship and the self-fulfilling prophecy both account for the effects
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[2022]
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Authors: | Tsai, Yung-Yu |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Lehrkräfte | Teaching profession | Bildungsniveau | Educational achievement | Studierende | Students |
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