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Why Algorithms Are Problematic In Education

IDEAS Posted: September 1, 2020 3:01 pm

“The global pandemic made it difficult to sit exams safely, so a solution needed to be devised. By looking at a combination of teacher’s predictions, past individual performance, and past school performance, grades were generated for every high school student in the UK. But as soon as the grades started to come in, thousands of students and teachers were shocked to see bright students getting poor grades. How it could it be that otherwise diligent and intelligent students from poor backgrounds were getting results which were demolishing ambitions?” – 3 Quarks Daily

IDEAS Published: 08.31.20

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