Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265777 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15556
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Teachers are among the most important inputs in the education production function. One mechanism by which teachers might affect student learning is through the grading standards they set for their classrooms. However, the effects of grading standards on student outcomes are relatively understudied. Using administrative data that links individual students and teachers in 8th and 9th grade Algebra I classrooms from 2006 to 2016, we examine the effects of teachers' grading standards on student learning and attendance. High teacher grading standards in Algebra I increase student learning both in Algebra I and in subsequent math classes. The effect on student achievement is positive and similar in size across student characteristics and levels of ability, students' relative rank within the classroom, and school context. High teacher grading standards also lead to a modest reduction in student absences.
Subjects: 
teachers
grade inflation
student achievement
JEL: 
I2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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