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 ...

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 ...

Some schools, looking to cut costs, are intrigued by so-called robo-readers, computer programs that grade students' writing and offer feedback.... Computers Grade Essays Fast ... But Not Always Well ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Education ministers have quietly ditched plans for so-called "robot marking" of student essays in ...

"Act is intrepidly and clandestinely axiomatic, by most of the scenarios." That's one sentence from a computer-generated essay created with only three keywords: "Fair Elections Act." If that sounds ...