Teacher Assessments versus Standardized Tests: Is Acting “Girly” an Advantage?
Published By: IZA | Published Date: December, 01 , 2016Using data for all sixth graders, descriptives show that in both scores girls are better than boys in the language scores, while in math boys perform better than girls in the blind test. Moreover, our analysis suggest that boys are always discriminated by teachers in both subjects. This result holds also when we control for class fixed effects, students noncognitive skills, gender specific-attitude towards cheating and possible cultural differences towards gender attitudes in math or language.
Author(s): Laura Casula, Adriana Di Liberto | Posted on: Feb 09, 2017 | Views()