"Texas will use computers to grade written answers on this year's STAAR tests."

STAAR stands for "State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness" and is a standardized test given to elementary through high school students. It replaced an earlier test starting in 2007.

"The Texas Education Agency is rolling out an 'automated scoring engine' for open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness for reading, writing, science and social studies. The technology, which uses natural language processing, a building block of artificial intelligence chatbots such as GPT-4, will save the state agency about $15 million to 20 million per year that it would otherwise have spent on hiring human scorers through a third-party contractor."

"The change comes after the STAAR test, which measures students' understanding of state-mandated core curriculum, was redesigned in 2023. The test now includes fewer multiple choice questions and more open-ended questions -- known as constructed response items."

Texas will use computers to grade written answers on this year's STAAR tests

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