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Can AI Assist You With Grading? Probably

Ideogram: A synthwave-inspired illustration depicting an AI and a teacher collaboratively grading papers. Teachers are adding AI tools to their classroom workflow and lots of educational technology companies are offering products that help with daily teacher tasks like preparing materials and designing lessons. But, can an AI grade student writing? And if it can, should teachers consider using an AI grading assistant?  To the first question, yes, AI can grade student writing. There are already tools like Cograder built specifically to grade student work. Other tools like Writable have added AI scoring and feedback to their offerings. Individual teachers have found that, with the right prompt, chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude can grade student writing and provide feedback.  Are these scores and feedback accurate though? In  many cases, yes. They are at least as accurate as a range of human teachers scores would be. A 2023 study using ChatGPT 3.5  (Steiss) found...

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