Does increased teacher accountability decrease leniency in grading?

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Authors

  • Patrick A. Puhani
  • Philip Yang

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  • CReAM (University College London)
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of St. Gallen (HSG)
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333-341
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume171
Early online date18 Feb 2020
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020

Abstract

Because accountability may improve the comparability that is compromised by lenient grading, we compare exit exam outcomes in the same schools before and after a policy change that increased teacher accountability by anchoring grading scales through centralization. In particular, using a large administrative dataset of 364,445 exit exam outcomes for 72,889 students, we find that centralization increased inequality in scoring between the higher and lower performing schools by about 25%. In addition, the reform improved relative scoring outcomes for schools with larger shares of male students and lowered relative scoring outcomes for schools with a higher share of minority students.

Keywords

    Policy reform, Rating standards, Subjective performance evaluation, Transparency

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Does increased teacher accountability decrease leniency in grading? / Puhani, Patrick A.; Yang, Philip.
In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 171, 03.2020, p. 333-341.

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Puhani PA, Yang P. Does increased teacher accountability decrease leniency in grading? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2020 Mar;171:333-341. Epub 2020 Feb 18. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.12.017
Puhani, Patrick A. ; Yang, Philip. / Does increased teacher accountability decrease leniency in grading?. In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2020 ; Vol. 171. pp. 333-341.
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