Do teachers have in group bias on the basis of student’s caste and socio-economic status in In
By: Parashari, Shradha and Groot, Wim
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BookPublisher: Economic & Political Weekly Description: 60(34), Aug 23, 2025: p.61-67.
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Economic & Political WeeklySummary: This paper studies the extent of teacher’s in-group bias in occupational expectations and grading on the basis of student’s caste and socio-economic status. The paper adopts an experimental approach and draws on data generated from 122 teachers from 19 schools in Delhi. Student’s caste and socio-economic status were randomly assigned to a set of essays written by students such that the assigned characteristics were not related to essay quality. The results show that high-caste teachers hold higher occupational expectations from their in-group category and are biased against the low-caste category. Given the ultra-competitive nature of schooling and the importance of grades in determining access to higher education in India, even a point disadvantage is substantial. –Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/34/education/do-teachers-have-group-bias-basis-students-caste.html
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This paper studies the extent of teacher’s in-group bias in occupational expectations and grading on the basis of student’s caste and socio-economic status. The paper adopts an experimental approach and draws on data generated from 122 teachers from 19 schools in Delhi. Student’s caste and socio-economic status were randomly assigned to a set of essays written by students such that the assigned characteristics were not related to essay quality. The results show that high-caste teachers hold higher occupational expectations from their in-group category and are biased against the low-caste category. Given the ultra-competitive nature of schooling and the importance of grades in determining access to higher education in India, even a point disadvantage is substantial. –Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/34/education/do-teachers-have-group-bias-basis-students-caste.html
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