Corrected: This story originally gave an incorrect first name for the spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She is Beth Gaydos. Could a computer really be a good judge of student ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas superintendents — and at least one lawmaker — want answers from the state education commissioner about how computers are ...

Here's a little pop quiz. Multiple-choice tests are useful because: A: They're cheap to score. B: They can be scored quickly. C: They score without human bias. D: All of the above. It would take a ...

With a bit of satire, retired University of Georgia education professor Peter Smagorinsky takes aim at the panic over ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program that can generate readable essays in ...

Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test will most likely be scored by a computer, rather than a person.(Ben Sklar / The New York Times) Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test ...

Three characteristics of writing quality were selected for study among the many discussed in English texts on the assumption that single words or discrete phrases reliably cue the presence of such ...

The Texas Education Agency is defending its decision to let computers grade students’ STAAR essay test questions in the face of mounting criticism from parents and teachers who question the fairness ...

Students from Snider and Whitko high schools won top honors in a Journal Gazette essay contest focused on career and technical education. The top three essay writers will receive a combined $1,000.

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, ...

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