Massachusetts MCAS tests: sorry kid, AI says ‘fail’
Massachusetts MCAS tests: sorry kid, AI says ‘fail’
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Massachusetts MCAS tests: sorry kid, AI says ‘fail’
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7kdWCHCPvI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250927-massachusetts-mcas-tests-sorry-kid-ai-says-fail - podcast
time: 4 min 33 sec
The essays being scored by a contractor, is that just normal weird or also USA weird?
At both unis I was at (U of Warsaw, TU Munich) courses with heavy loads contract out grading to students of the university. E.g. during my M.Sc. I was grading submissions for one of the B.Sc. courses I already completed. You get a small amount of money for that.
Contracting out to a company sounds extremely USA-pilled, as in "the university does not have enough resources so, instead of increasing their budget, we use THE FREE MARKET BABY and have a company whose whole existence is dependent on that resource hole continuing to exist."
Oh sure, postgrads grading and even substitute teaching occasionally is very normal here too (edit: Greece)
For those who didn't read the article, the culprit is a Massachusetts company called Cognia that's apparently doing essay grading to the tune of $36.5M yearly revenue, which, what?