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, ...

A study found that when asked to grade essays, artificial intelligence tended to rate essays by Asian American and Pacific Islander students much lower when compared to humans. Researchers aren’t sure ...

Having just adapted to a newly reformatted state test, school leaders across Texas are now looking at a new change in how their students are assessed: computer-based scoring. The Texas Education ...

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 ...

My favorite poster depicts a robot atop the single word OBEY. But while I chuckle at this riff on sci-fi lore, it probably doesn’t amuse those haunted by the notion of a real-life Robocalypse, the ...

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 ...

One of the great white whales of computer-managed education and testing is the dream of robo-scoring, software that can grade a piece of writing as easily and efficiently as software can score ...

The American Association of University Professors at the University of Oklahoma has requested an explanation from President ...

The decision comes as the essay continues to ignite a nationwide debate over academic freedom and free speech.