Texas is going to use AI to grade student essays.

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Texas has announced that it will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to grade student writings. This is a big step toward changing education.

The Rise of AI in Education

Generative AI (Gen AI) is being tested by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in its score system⁹. Chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT will be used in the new way of scoring to understand and talk to users⁹. Texas is getting rid of most of its human judges this year and replacing them with a new score system driven by AI⁴.

The Money You Save

With the new AI tool, Texas hopes to save around $15 million to $20 million. This is mostly because they will not have to hire as many human graders through a third-party hiring agency². The Texas Tribune² says that the number of graders needed has been cut from about 6,000 to about 2,000.

The Grading System Run by AI

The state of Texas calls the AI-powered system “auto scoring engine” (ASE) and it will grade student writing tests². That is, there would be no need for human teachers to check their work after the standardized tests, which is what the Lone Star state requires².

What Happens to the Students

This week, students in Texas who have to take state-mandated tests are being used as test subjects for a new score system that will soon replace most human graders in the region³. The webpage for the Texas Education Agency shows that for most kids’ answers, the scores given by AI and human judges are about the same.

Bottom Line

When Texas starts using AI to grade writings, it will be a big change in the education field. There are many more businesses that AI is changing, and Texas’s move shows that the state is serious about using modern technology in education.