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Bridgeman et al. (2009) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242203403_Considering_Fairness_and_Validity_in_Evaluating_Automated_Scoring pdf]
Bridgeman et al. (2009) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242203403_Considering_Fairness_and_Validity_in_Evaluating_Automated_Scoring pdf]
* Automated scoring models for evaluating English essays, or e-rater  
* Automated scoring models for evaluating English essays, or e-rater  
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* Slightly better accuracy (~1%) across racial groups when including race in model
* Slightly better accuracy (~1%) across racial groups when including race in model


Zhang et al. (in press) [https://www.upenn.edu/learninganalytics/ryanbaker/EDM22_paper_35.pdf]
Zhang et al. (2022) [https://www.upenn.edu/learninganalytics/ryanbaker/EDM22_paper_35.pdf]
* Detecting student use of self-regulated learning (SRL) in mathematical problem-solving process
* Detecting student use of self-regulated learning (SRL) in mathematical problem-solving process
* For each SRL-related detector, relatively small differences in AUC were observed across racial/ethnic groups.  
* For each SRL-related detector, relatively small differences in AUC were observed across racial/ethnic groups.  
* No racial/ethnic group consistently had best-performing detectors
* No racial/ethnic group consistently had best-performing detectors
Li, Xing, & Leite (2022) [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3506860.3506869?casa_token=OZmlaKB9XacAAAAA:2Bm5XYi8wh4riSmEigbHW_1bWJg0zeYqcGHkvfXyrrx_h1YUdnsLE2qOoj4aQRRBrE4VZjPrGw pdf]
* Models predicting whether two students will communicate on an online discussion forum
* Compared members of overrepresented racial groups to members of underrepresented racial groups (overrepresented group approximately 90% White)
* Multiple fairness approaches lead to ABROCA of under 0.01 for overrepresented versus underrepresented students
Sulaiman & Roy (2022) [https://fated2022.github.io/assets/pdf/FATED-2022_paper_Sulaiman_Transformers.pdf]
* Models predicting whether a law student will pass the bar exam (to practice law)
* Compared White and non-White students
* Models not applying fairness constraints performed significantly worse for White students in terms of ABROCA
* Models applying fairness constraints performed equivalently for White and non-White students
Jeong et al. (2022) [https://fated2022.github.io/assets/pdf/FATED-2022_paper_Jeong_Racial_Bias_ML_Algs.pdf]
* Predicting 9th grade math score from academic performance, surveys, and demographic information
* Despite comparable accuracy, model tends to overpredict White students' performance
* Several fairness correction methods equalize false positive and false negative rates across groups.
Permodo et al. (2023) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370001437_Difficult_Lessons_on_Social_Prediction_from_Wisconsin_Public_Schools pdf]
* Paper discusses system that predicts probabilities of on-time graduation
* Prediction is less accurate for White students than other students
Zhang et al.(2023) [https://learninganalytics.upenn.edu/ryanbaker/ISLS23_annotation%20detector_short_submit.pdf pdf]
* Models developed to detect attributes of student feedback for other students’ mathematics solutions, reflecting the presence of three constructs:1) commenting on process, 2) commenting on the answer, and 3) relating to self.
*Models have approximately equal performance for White, African American and Hispanic/Latinx students.
Almoubayyed et al. (2023) [https://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2023/proceedings/2023.EDM-long-papers.18/2023.EDM-long-papers.18.pdf pdf]
* Models discovering generalization of the performance for reading comprehension ability in the context of middle school students’ usage of Carnegie Learning’s ITS for mathematics instruction
* Model trained on smaller dataset achieves greater fairness in prediction for white and non-white students
* For model trained on larger dataset, prediction is more accurate for white students than for non-white students.

Latest revision as of 12:05, 17 August 2023

Bridgeman et al. (2009) pdf

  • Automated scoring models for evaluating English essays, or e-rater
  • The score difference between human rater and e-rater was significantly smaller for 11th grade essays written by White and African American students than other groups


Jiang & Pardos (2021) pdf

  • Predicting university course grades using LSTM
  • Roughly equal accuracy across racial groups
  • Slightly better accuracy (~1%) across racial groups when including race in model

Zhang et al. (2022) [1]

  • Detecting student use of self-regulated learning (SRL) in mathematical problem-solving process
  • For each SRL-related detector, relatively small differences in AUC were observed across racial/ethnic groups.
  • No racial/ethnic group consistently had best-performing detectors


Li, Xing, & Leite (2022) pdf

  • Models predicting whether two students will communicate on an online discussion forum
  • Compared members of overrepresented racial groups to members of underrepresented racial groups (overrepresented group approximately 90% White)
  • Multiple fairness approaches lead to ABROCA of under 0.01 for overrepresented versus underrepresented students


Sulaiman & Roy (2022) [2]

  • Models predicting whether a law student will pass the bar exam (to practice law)
  • Compared White and non-White students
  • Models not applying fairness constraints performed significantly worse for White students in terms of ABROCA
  • Models applying fairness constraints performed equivalently for White and non-White students


Jeong et al. (2022) [3]

  • Predicting 9th grade math score from academic performance, surveys, and demographic information
  • Despite comparable accuracy, model tends to overpredict White students' performance
  • Several fairness correction methods equalize false positive and false negative rates across groups.


Permodo et al. (2023) pdf

  • Paper discusses system that predicts probabilities of on-time graduation
  • Prediction is less accurate for White students than other students


Zhang et al.(2023) pdf

  • Models developed to detect attributes of student feedback for other students’ mathematics solutions, reflecting the presence of three constructs:1) commenting on process, 2) commenting on the answer, and 3) relating to self.
  • Models have approximately equal performance for White, African American and Hispanic/Latinx students.


Almoubayyed et al. (2023) pdf

  • Models discovering generalization of the performance for reading comprehension ability in the context of middle school students’ usage of Carnegie Learning’s ITS for mathematics instruction
  • Model trained on smaller dataset achieves greater fairness in prediction for white and non-white students
  • For model trained on larger dataset, prediction is more accurate for white students than for non-white students.