Our Investigation into Wisconsin’s Racially Inequitable Dropout Algorithm: What We Found Outby@TheMarkup
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Our Investigation into Wisconsin’s Racially Inequitable Dropout Algorithm: What We Found Out

by The Markup5mFebruary 23rd, 2024
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But what many people, including school administrators and teachers, don’t know is that the algorithm uses factors outside of a student’s control—like race and free or reduced lunch-price status—to generate these predictions. Our investigation found that after a decade of use and millions of predictions, DEWS may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of color. And the state has known since 2021 that the predictions aren’t fair.
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