It didn’t take long for Pat Thornton’s 7th graders to figure out how to outsmart the computer. They even coined a term for it: “schmoozing.” “If you write a schmoozy essay,” one student told Thornton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To better understand those implications, we evaluated ChatGPT’s essay scoring ability using the Automated Student Assessment Prize ...

I often say that I’d teach for free but need to be paid to grade. Grading is hard work. It’s not only time-consuming, but it is stressful, exhausting and at times even agonizing. All too often, ...

The term Automated essay grading (AEG) essentially means when Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are used to evaluate and grade written essays. This technology uses ...

The A Essay makes an interesting, complex—even surprising—argument and is thoroughly well-executed. It both engages the text closely and sheds light on relevant contexts (historical, theoretical, or ...

The number of elementary school students who received a zero on their state standardized essay test questions this spring increased by about 20% from last year. Among all third- to eighth-graders, ...

The American Association of University Professors issued a statement Tuesday condemning OU for removing the graduate ...

Imagine taking a college exam, and, instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the "send" button when you are done and receiving a grade back ...

To be clear, human grading isn’t perfect. Teachers can harbor unconscious biases or apply inconsistent standards when scoring essays. But if AI both replicates those biases and fails to recognize ...