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Teacher estimations

Published paper

Out of sight, out of mind? The gap between students' test performance and teachers' estimations in India and Bangladesh

Alejandro J. Ganimian

with S. Djaker & S. Sabarwal

Economics of Education Review, 2024

Teacher development Assessments India Bangladesh
Latest manuscript

Overview

Teachers systematically misestimate student performance, particularly tending to overestimate lower-achieving students while underestimating class variability.

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Instruments

Teacher Surveys

Bangladesh

Media coverage

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