STAAR test scores out Friday show small gains in some districts, but overall the results show not much change in how students are performing. Some superintendents say new grading practices for the ...

TEXAS, USA — It's STAAR testing time for students across Texas and this year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is changing the way it grades the tests. TEA will be using AI software to grade students' ...

For years, humans have been the ones to grade all of the tests. However, a new grading system rolled out by the Texas Education Agency is bringing the future of grading to classrooms. Better known as ...

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR , are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge. Diane ...

Don’t call the ‘automated scoring engine’ AI, though. They don’t like that. Don’t call the ‘automated scoring engine’ AI, though. They don’t like that. is a news writer focused on creative industries, ...

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, ...

(TNS) — As Texas school districts wind down at the end of the year, students across the state are undergoing state testing that is reportedly being conducted using a new grading method. According to ...

Automated essay scoring (AES) using neural networks represents a transformative step in educational assessment by utilising advanced deep learning techniques to evaluate written compositions with a ...

A little over 10 years ago in this space, I wrote a manifesto in the form of a list against the use of algorithmic grading of human writing. The occasion was the announcement that MOOC provider edX ...