The Hewlett Foundation are focusing on the right problem (students don’t get enough writing practice due to costs) but they came up with the wrong solution (fully automating essay grading) in their search for a silver bullet. Why not aim at speeding up teachers’ grading by providing them with the right tools? We try at @joyrite but there are others, too.
A couple of items from the world of writing and assessment have been niggling at me of late.
First, news that the Hewlett Foundation is sponsoring a $100,000 competition to create automated essay scoring software that, in theory at least, will do as good or better job of assessing student…
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right problem (students don’t...costs) but they came up
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