No talking back to this test grader. (Stateline).Bias by test graders? Maybe not--if it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a computer. In a Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York pilot project, essay tests (being taken by more than 35,000 fifth, eighth and 11th graders) are being graded by a computer that uses artificial intelligence. The computers are given the assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. topic, called a writing prompt, and then are fed a few hundred essays that have been previously graded by humans. They are programmed to measure such elements as grammar, content, focus, style and organization. Developers of these systems say they are at least as accurate as humans, not to mention faster and cheaper. The systems eliminate any human bias, too, they argue. But critics say computer grading puts more emphasis on style and form than substance, and that grading writing is one area where human subjectivity is valuable. State officials haven't decided yet to switch to computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. grading for the official state school assessment writing tests, which are given in grades six, nine and 11. |
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