ERIC Number: ED672264
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Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 62
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The Gap between Students' Test Performance and Teachers' Estimations in India and Bangladesh. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-750
Sharnic Djaker; Alejandro J. Ganimian; Shwetlena Sabarwal
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
This is one of the first studies of the mismatch between students' test scores and teachers' estimations of those scores in low- and middle-income countries. Prior studies in high-income countries have found strong correlations between these metrics. We leverage data on actual and estimated scores in math and language from India and Bangladesh and find that teachers misestimate their students' scores and that their estimations reveal their misconceptions about students in most need of support and variability within their class. This pattern is partly explained by teachers' propensity to overestimate the scores of low-achieving students and to overweight the importance of intelligence. Teachers seem unaware of their errors, expressing confidence in estimations and surprise about their students' performance once revealed. [The study was funded by the China-World Bank Group Partnership Facility.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Results, Scores, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students, Correlation, Mathematics Tests, Language Tests, Misconceptions, Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Intelligence
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL); Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (United Kingdom); World Bank
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: India; Bangladesh
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