WF-3NJL6T
Buona Scuola algorithm mistakenly assigned thousands of teachers in Italy
In 2016, the Buona Scuola algorithm, used by the Italian Ministry of Education, mistakenly assigned thousands of teachers to wrong professional destinations based on mobility rankings. The system was later discontinued. The incident is reported in the Automating Society Report 2020.
- Date it happened
- 2016-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Italian Ministry of Education
- Product, system or model
- Buona Scuola algorithm
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