Teachers' grading patterns and student learning: evidence from São Paulo State public schools

• Grant number: 14/05908-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics
• Principal Investigator: Marcos de Almeida Rangel
• Grantee: Fernando Amaral Carnaúba
• Supervisor: Eric P. Bettinger
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Stanford University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/20203-3 - An investigation of the grading patterns of São Paulo public school teachers based on Item Response Theory., BP.MS

Abstract

Abstract: In my masters' dissertation I will analyze the grading standards used by teachers in public schools of São Paulo, focusing on their relationship to student learning. The dissertation can be divided in two parts: (i) estimation of teachers' grading standards, based on the Three-Parameter Logistic Item Response Theory Model; and (ii) investigation the existence of a relationship between grading standards and student learning. The first part of the dissertation is currently ongoing. This research project consists of the second part. (AU)