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Automated System Developed To Grade Student Essays

Posted by samzenpus on from the machine-learning dept.

RougeFemme points out this story at the Times about software that can be used to grade student essays and offer almost instant feedback. "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 instantly, your essay scored by a software program. And then, instead of being done with that exam, imagine that the system would immediately let you rewrite the test to try to improve your grade. EdX, the nonprofit enterprise founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer courses on the Internet, has just introduced such a system and will make its automated software available free on the Web to any institution that wants to use it. The software uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks."

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  1. My TA had that 35 years ago by gewalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take one lab report for Fluid Mechanics, measure the thickness with a micrometer -- look up the grade on the curve.

  2. Sample Admittance Essay by milbournosphere · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why I want to goto Harvard By P Q Student Up up down down left right left right B A

  3. Congratulations, you have been admitted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And you have been awarded 2500 extra HP.