Monitor your use of praise. Make certain all students are reinforced equally for their work and effort. Language - Bias in language is a subtle but powerful influence in creating or reinforcing prejudicial attitudes. Bias occurs in both vocabulary and usage. For example, using generic masculine occupational titles and pronouns presents an unreal picture of the workplace and can limit aspirations because people, especially children, tend to take language literally.
Language can convey biased or ethnocentric attitudes.
One doesn't usually point out that an individual is White or of European American heritage. The same rule should apply to all groups. These terms imply that the dominant culture is superior to other cultures or that other groups lack a culture. Assessment - Ensuring both equity and excellence in school settings requires the use of assessment that accounts for variances in student learning styles and cultural backgrounds and is effectively aligned with school curricula, instruction, and systemic improvement goals. Depending solely on these indicators often presents an inaccurate reflection of student performance due to inherent bias in test questions or to the unintended measurement of certain skills, e.g., a math test designed so that success depends not only on the skills the school intends to measure, but also on other skills, such as language proficiency.