January 8, 1999

Software That Grades Students' Essays

To the Editor:

Dennis Baron's criticism of the Intelligent Essay Assessor includes a number of excellent points ("When Professors Get A's and Machines Get F's," Point of View, November 20). A few other points, however, reveal a misunderstanding of how the computer program works.

The criticism that teachers "don't all share the same standard" and that grading consistency is therefore inappropriate, if I

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