A prominent class of explanations for the gender gaps in student outcomes focuses on the interactions between students and teachers. In this study, I examine whether assignment to a same-gender teacher influences student achievement, teacher perceptions of student performance, and student engagement. This study’s identification strategy exploits a unique matched-pairs feature of a major longitudinal study, which provides contemporaneous data on student outcomes in two different subjects. Within-student comparisons indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys as well as teacher perceptions of student performance and student engagement with the teacher’s subject.
Teachers and the gender gaps in student achievement
Year of Publication:
2007Publication:
Journal of Human ResourcesVolume/Issue:
42(3)Pages:
528-554APA Citation
(2007). Teachers and the gender gaps in student achievement. Journal of Human Resources, 42(3), 528-554.
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