Tracking judgments rest on inferred class and reported data, not measured potential

Evidence

In terms of the outcomes of institutional involvement with citizens, the policy problem is not only that students labeled as likely or unlikely to achieve do perform at expected levels, thereby fulfilling the original achievement prophecy. It is also that determinations concerning the likelihood of success are not even made on the basis of achievement potential, measured however crudely, but are made on the basis of inferred social class, or the biased “harder” data accumulated or reported by other street-level bureaucrats. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 517

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Teacher-ignored slow-track children still learned but were never allowed to show it; Frontline work structure, not worker prejudice, creates receptivity to stereotypes — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 844; Reputation is a public inference from visible data to hidden disposition — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 822 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Internalized class subordination persists neurally and distorts rational judgment. #exemplifies (0.85) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2368
• Reputation is a public inference from visible data to hidden disposition #expands (0.82) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 822