Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI
The TEA expects to save between $15 and $20 million per year by using its new automated scoring engine." | Image: The Verge Students in Texas taking their state-mandated exams this week are being used as guinea pigs for a new artificial intelligence-powered scoring system set to replace a majority of human graders in the region.
The Texas Tribune reports an automated scoring engine" that utilizes natural language processing - the technology that enables chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT to understand and communicate with users - is being rolled out by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to grade open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams. The agency is expecting the system to save $15-20 million per year by reducing the need for temporary human scorers, with plans to hire under 2,000 graders this year compared to the...