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* Models predicting six-year college graduation
* Models predicting six-year college graduation
* Performance for African-American students comparable to performance for students in other races.
* Performance for African-American students comparable to performance for students in other races.
Ramineni & Williamson (2018) [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ets2.12192 pdf]]
* Revised automated scoring engine for assessing GSE essay
* Relative weakness in content and organization by African American test takers resulted in lower scores than Chinese peers who wrote longer.

Revision as of 06:18, 24 January 2022

Kai et al. (2017) pdf

  • Models predicting student retention in an online college program
  • J48 decision trees achieved much lower Kappa and AUC for Black students than White students
  • JRip decision rules achieved almost identical Kappa and AUC for Black students and White students

Hu and Rangwala (2020) pdf

  • Models predicting if student at-risk of failing a course
  • Several algorithms perform worse for African-American students

Anderson et al. (2019) pdf

  • Models predicting six-year college graduation
  • Performance for African-American students comparable to performance for students in other races.

Ramineni & Williamson (2018) [pdf]

  • Revised automated scoring engine for assessing GSE essay
  • Relative weakness in content and organization by African American test takers resulted in lower scores than Chinese peers who wrote longer.