New Jersey is considering using robo-graders to evaluate essays on Common Core-aligned tests, reports NJ Advance Media.
Students will type short essays on the computerized Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams. This year, they’ll be graded by humans — “but 10 percent of online essays will get a ‘second read’ by a computer to test the viability of automated scoring in the future.”
Computer grading is cheaper and returns scores quickly to students and their schools.