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Some Massive Open Online Course providers have experimented with algorithmic essay grading, but it's still early days.
The increasing systematization of education is something many teachers and parents decry; the emphasis on standardized tests is abhorrent to many, while the human component of essay grading is considered indispensable.
Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task.
"The reality is, humans are not very good at doing this," said Steve Graham, a Vanderbilt University professor who has researched essay grading techniques.
It can also be helpful to ask someone who is familiar with SAT Essay grading to review your practice essays (for instance, your high school English teacher).
Shermis noted that "critics" of the new automatic essay grading technology come mostly from "the nation's best universities, where the level of pedagogy is much better than most schools".
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This leads to the notion that essay grades seem to be driven more by teacher perception rather than by actual content or quality of their essays.
This captures precisely the balance of excitement and fear the adult world presents to someone about to be released into it: the terror of freedom and possibility, with money replacing essay grades as a measure of success.
Nights are often spent reading essays, grading and preparing lessons.
A new automated essay-grading program for British schools rates Churchill, Hemingway, and William Golding as poor stylists.
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