We explore the role of self- and peer evaluations in education, with a particular emphasis on gender differences. We construct a model of (self-)deception to predict outcomes for scenarios with and without self-evaluation. By using unique data from a first-year economics class at a Sino-UK...

Formative assessment - the frequent assessments of student progress to identify learning needs and shape teaching - has become a prominent issue in education reform. The achievement gains associated with formative assessment have been described as "among the largest ever reported for educational...

In economic appraisals of road safety measures, determining which method to use for the valuation of those measures is a problem. There are two methods open to us. Remarkably, one accurately measures a non-relevant concept (the human capital method), while the other measures the correct...

Every day, thousands are injured and almost 350 people are killed on the roads of OECD countries. Although new technologies -- including intelligent speed adaptation and collision avoidance systems -- are being developed and could significantly reduce this toll by as much as 40%, considerable...

This review provides analysis and policy advice to the Czech Republic on how the different assessment and evaluation procedures - student assessment, teacher appraisal, school evaluation and system evaluation - can be embedded within a consistent framework to bring about real gains in...