A philosopher friend once told me about a concept he called “work-work balance.” As we progress in our careers, he explained, we should seek an acceptable equilibrium between tasks we enjoy and ones ...

When Diane Gayeski, a professor of strategic communications at Ithaca College, receives an essay from one of her students, she runs part of it through ChatGPT, asking the AI tool to critique and ...

Using machines to grade standardized tests is nothing new — we’ve all heard the spiel about making sure we fill in the bubble on our answer sheet completely so the Scantron machine won’t misread it.

EdX, the massive online education enterprise founded by Harvard and MIT, is about to make another big push in changing how we learn. It has to do with how instructors grade essays. You remember in ...

Computers have been grading multiple-choice tests in schools for years. To the relief of English teachers everywhere, essays have been tougher to gauge. But look out, teachers: A new study finds that ...

Here's a little pop quiz. Multiple-choice tests are useful because: A: They're cheap to score. B: They can be scored quickly. C: They score without human bias. D: All of the above. It would take a ...