Poor Expectations : Experimental Evidence on Teachers' Stereotypes and Student Assessment

Poor Expectations : Experimental Evidence on Teachers' Stereotypes and Student Assessment

Do teachers’ stereotypes of social class bias their assessment of students? This study uses a lab-in-the-field experiment among primary school teachers to test whether they are biased against poor students. Teachers assessed a student in a video of...

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Main Authors: Farfan Bertran, Maria Gabriela, Holla, Alaka, Vakis, Renos
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
TEACHER STEREOTYPING
STEREOTYPES
EDUCATION BIAS
INEQUALITY
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
EDUCATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/930041616441079544/Poor-Expectations-Experimental-Evidence-on-Teachers-Stereotypes-and-Student-Assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35305

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/930041616441079544/Poor-Expectations-Experimental-Evidence-on-Teachers-Stereotypes-and-Student-Assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35305

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