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Indiana First With Computerized Grading

Posted by michael on Thursday May 20, 2004 @05:00AM from the replaced-by-a-small-shell-script dept.

Mz6 writes "Computerized grading has been talked about previously, however, the New York Times reports that Indiana has become the first state to grade high school English essays by computer. The computerized grading process, called 'e-rater', uses a 6-point rating scale and uses artificial intelligence to 'mimic the grading process of human readers'. The system was tested over a 2-year pilot program and produced results virtually identical to those of trained readers. The big question is, will other states begin to emulate Indiana by tossing human grading?"

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Re:I smell lawsuits, how about you? by dtfinch · 2004-05-20 05:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

You to.
Other applications by jdbarillari · 2004-05-20 05:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

A 6-point computerized grading system. Hmmm. Moderators, watch out -- your jobs are about to become obsolete!
Re:I would have loved this is a kid by jbrader · 2004-05-20 05:16 · Score: 0, Redundant

Well of course it should be banned. Hundreds of people drown in huge pools of it every year.

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Makes life easier by Dracolytch · 2004-05-20 05:17 · Score: 1, Redundant

Since I know a real person won't be reading the paper, all I need to do is come up with an AI to write the paper.

2: Sell it to my classmates
3: Profit!

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