Gender bias against boys in school teacher assessments
Boys’ Underachievement in the UK Education System : Paper link Summary: Boys’ under performance impacts not only their life expectancy but also several health outcomes (suicide, drugs related issues, rough sleeping etc.) and employability. This outcomes can be attributed to many factors: males are more likely to have ADHD or ASD (and these males are seen more negatively than their female counterparts), they are more likely to be in contact with the justice system and when they do they are treated more severely. This more severe treatment of boys persists at school when teachers grade boys or punish misbehaving boys. Finally, our culture has a negative view of boys and masculinity that is unwarranted and can impact boys’ well-being. ‘Systemic bias against boys’? Unexplained differences in Teacher Assessed Grades between boys and girls in this year’s A level results https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2021/08/23/systemic-bias-against-boys-unexplained-differences-in-teacher-assessed-grades-...