BiasMedium
Houston ISD's EVAAS Teacher-Evaluation System Reportedly Put Teachers' Jobs at Risk Through Unverifiable Scores
- Occurred
- May 8, 2017
- Published
- May 8, 2017
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
From 2011 to 2015, Houston Independent School District used SAS Institute’s Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) to rate teacher effectiveness from student test-score growth. Teachers alleged that proprietary, unverifiable EVAAS scores contributed to terminations and contract nonrenewals. On May 4, 2017, a federal judge allowed due-process claims over the system to proceed.
Developers
- SAS Institute
Deployers
- Houston Independent School District
Harmed parties
- Teachers
- Houston Independent School District teachers
- Educators
- Educational communities
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Algorithmic teacher evaluation lawsuit involves potential bias and due process violations in AI-driven employment decisions.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8