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Are Boys Discriminated in Swedish High Schools?
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Hinnerich, Bjorn Tyrefors; Hoglin, Erik; Johannesson, Magnus – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Girls typically have higher grades than boys in school and recent research suggests that part of this gender difference may be due to discrimination of boys in grading. We rigorously test this in a field experiment where a random sample of the same tests in the Swedish language is subject to blind and non-blind grading. The non-blind test score is…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Grading, Males, Gender Differences
Native and Non-Native Performance on a National Test in English for Swedish Students. A Validation Study. Skrifter fran Avdelningen for sprakpedagogik 4. Report No. 1986-03.
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Oscarson, Mats – 1986
A replication of a previous study assessed the construct validity of a national test for academically oriented Swedish upper secondary students. The analysis consisted of a comparison of test results of 10 percent of the Swedish test population to results obtained from a sample of native English speakers of the same age. Analyses of the Swedish…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries