Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266368 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Educational Research Open [ISSN:] 2666-3740 [Volume:] 2 [Article No.:] 100101 [Publisher:] Elsevier BV [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2021
Publisher: 
Elsevier BV, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
In the German school system, grades are the essential means of performance feedback and assignment. However, little research has been conducted on the factors that determine grades in addition to competencies, and existing findings are poorly replicated. Using data from the representative IQB Trends in Student Performance 2015 survey, our analysis combined a variety of personal and structural characteristics to examine and replicate grade- determining factors in German. In data analysis, we paid particular attention to the data generation processes. The results are interpreted based on Bourdieu’s considerations of habitus and status maintenance and Boudon’s primary and secondary effects of social origin. The results tie in with the reproduction-theoretical considerations of Bourdieu and Boudon and illustrate the dependence of grades on students’ background characteristics.
Subjects: 
Grading
Teacher effects
Inequality
Social backgroubd
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Article
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