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January 24, 2005 (vol. 115, iss. 65) • Page Image 6

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computer program to grade essay tests. The futuristic technique first may be tested with a rela- med tively small group of sixth-graders, but if it succeeds, it could Ico. be ramped up statewide. Using…

computers instead of people to grade essays could - save time and money, educators say. It also could help stu- dents become better writers because computers can provide quicker feedback. But the plan faces…

… skepticism from those who say the human element should remain in essay evaluation. Educators do not doubt the computer software's ability to grade spelling and punctuation, and say it would save time for…

… teachers, who often are stuck grading essay questions after school on their own time. But they have misgivings about the computer program's - ability to evaluate content, which often is subjective and sub…

…. The state uses a computer program to grade some end- of-the-year algebra tests and English exams for high school i ' iI }}\ X1iI I ". juniors, who type in their answers on keyboards. Indiana ran a two…

…-year pilot program - with computers and trained human readers simultaneously grading essays - to test the computer program's merits. Indiana does not yet use the computer program to grade essays that measure…

… Federal No Child Left Behind Act. Even when computers are used, the essays also will be evaluated by people to determine how accurately the com- puter program scores the papers during the pilot phase. Sixth…

…-grade classrooms will be selected for the pilot soon, Hughes said. The classrooms selected will be among those in which students received their own laptop computers through a state program, so being able to type…

… their essays on a com- puter should not be a problem. Teachers must agree to attend training to use the computer software. They also must agree to assign a yet-to-be-deter- mined number of writing…

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