Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210904 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1263
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
Admission to high school in Sweden is based on the final grades from junior high. This paper compares students' final mathematics grade with new data from a high school introductory test score in mathematics. Both the grades and the test are based on the same syllabus, but teachers enjoy great discretion when deciding final grades, as the grades are not externally evaluated. The results show a substantial grading difference, consistent with grading bias against boys.
Subjects: 
Educational economics
Gender
Grading bias
Mathematics
JEL: 
I20
I24
I28
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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