Tag: essays

Essays written with ChatGPT feature repetition of words and ideas – study

Repetition of words, tautology and paragraphs starting with “however” are some tell-tale features of ChatGPT’s writing style, researchers in the UK have found. The writing style of the artificial intelligence tool is “bland” and “journalistic”, according to a Cambridge University Press and Assessment study. It comes after the rise of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, […]

Duke no longer assigning scores to admissions essays. Why the change?

Colleges around the country are grappling with changes to their admissions processes, from weighing whether to reinstate standardized test requirements to assessing the consequences that generative artificial intelligence — like ChatGPT — have on students’ applications. To confront those issues, Duke University is no longer scoring applicants’ essays or standardized test scores in its admissions […]

Computer grading is here for STAAR essays. Should Fort Worth school leaders worry?

Having just adapted to a newly reformatted state test, school leaders across Texas are now looking at a new change in how their students are assessed: computer-based scoring. The Texas Education Agency rolled out the new “automated scoring engine,” a computer-based grading system, in December, the Dallas Morning News reported. Following the change, about three-quarters […]