Robo-readers

American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots. Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task. In the late 1990s, as technology improved, several textbook and testing companies jumped into the field.

American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots. Automated essay grading was first proposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task. In the late 1990s, as technology improved, several textbook and testing companies jumped into the field.