Automated grading systems may produce systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students¶
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q2 i? Algorithmic scoring systems may penalise linguistic features associated with non-standard English varieties, cultural rhetorical conventions, or multilingual code-switching, producing systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students. → Simon Baradziej 2026
Evidence¶
Simon Baradziej 2026¶
Simon Baradziej. (2026). A systematic review of the roles of agentic AI in higher education. Social Sciences & Humanities Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103418
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The review's synthesis of the automated assessment literature identifies bias against non-native English speakers when training data are insufficiently diverse and representative; "producing systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students" is the review's stated risk. No effect size is printed.
"Algorithmic scoring systems may penalise lin - guistic features associated with non-standard English varieties, cul - tural rhetorical conventions, or multilingual code-switching, producing systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students."
Discussion¶
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Automated grading systems may produce systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students |
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Automated grading systems may produce systematically inequitable outcomes for international and non-Western students |
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review |
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2026 |
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2029 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-12 |
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