BLIND MARKING AND SEX BIAS IN STUDENT ASSESSMENT
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- Vol. 15 (2) , 132-139
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293900150204
Abstract
Three studies are reported which investigated the existence of sex bias in the marking of undergraduate degrees. Study 1 failed to find any evidence that females were marked less extremely than males by second markers, as has been found in previous research. Study 2 found that marker disagreements were not resolved upwards more frequently for male candidates, again contradicting the results of some previous research. Study 3 failed to find any of the expected differences between an institution using blind marking and one using non‐blind procedures. In the light of this negative evidence and of the confusing picture presented by. previous research, it is concluded that there is little firm evidence for sex bias in marking. Despite this, it is likely that there will be increasing pressure to adopt blind marking in the future.Keywords
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