the follow-on course. Instructors who tend to give out easier subjective grades however dramatically hurt subsequent … college success. This effect is stronger in non-STEM fields, among female students, and among extroverted students. Faculty …

Information about teachers' effectiveness at the hiring stage is particularly scarce despite its importance for … personnel decisions. Using the German setting of teacher training, I investigate the relationship of teachers' pre …

This paper examines the effect of teacher gender on student achievement in 20 European countries. We employ a student …. Our results show that female teachers tend to increase students' test scores, especially for girls. However, this effect … higher for women than for men. Having a teacher of the same gender also benefits students in Western Europe. We further find …

, reading and science using the PISA 2012 dataset. Multilevel models are used in the estimation. The results suggest that the …Girls tend to outperform boys in reading tests, while they usually lag behind boys in math. However, the size of the … like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in math …

positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender …

positive effects from the presence of a same-gender role model. Specifically, female students improved their science test …Using Greek administrative data, we examine the impact of being randomly assigned to a classroom with a same-gender top … records, which positions them as role models. Both male and female students are influenced by the performance of a same-gender …