The effect of being graded on later achievement: evidence from 13-year olds in Swedish compulsory school

Klapp Lekholm, Alli,1968Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik,Department of Education and Special Education (författare)

The effect of being graded on later achievement : evidence from 13-year olds in Swedish compulsory school

The purpose of the study was to investigate how grading of students in primary school affected achievement measured by grades one year later, and how the effect varied as a function of cognitive ability, gender and socio-economic status. The data derive from The Evaluation Through Follow Up longitudinal project. Through a national curriculum change one group of students received grades and one group of students did not receive grades in the 6th Grade, while both groups of students received grades in the 7th Grade. A quasi-experimental design was thus created, with two comparable groups of students. The subjects were 8558 students born in 1967. Several multiple regression models were fitted to the data. The results showed no main effects of grading on subsequent achievement, but there were important differential effects: graded students with low cognitive ability received lower subsequent grades. The results also showed interaction effects between gender and grading and between gender and cognitive ability.

Cliffordson, Christina,1949-Högskolan Väst,Institutionen för omvårdnad, hälsa och kultur,University of Gothenburg, Department of Education and Special Education Gothenburg, Sweden(Swepub:gu)xclich (författare)
Gustafsson, Jan-Eric,1949Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik,Department of Education and Special Education(Swepub:gu)xgjanp (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Educational Psychology: Informa UK Limited36:10, s. 1771-17890144-34101469-5820

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