Parashari, Shradha and Groot, Wim  <br/><br/>
Do teachers have in group bias on the basis of student’s caste and socio-economic status in In 

 - Economic & Political Weekly   
 - 60(34), Aug 23, 2025: p.61-67 
<br/><br/> 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 <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/34/education/do-teachers-have-group-bias-basis-students-caste.html<br/>