The Daily Report Card: Can A Computer Grading System Catch Your Comma Splices?

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"Toothless," a student's pet lizard who's lived in Evansville teacher Brian Bennett's classroom, climbs on the screen of a laptop computer during chemistry class.

Computers Grade Essays Fast… But Not Always Well – Our friend in Ohio Molly Bloom filed this story about a computer grading program designed to evaluate writing tests. The program can give a student the immediate feedback a human grader cannot always — but it has definite deficits. NPR / StateImpact

ISTA ‘Crying Wolf’ Over Education Reform – “You’d think by now teachers unions would have embraced the changes occurring in our schools, yet across the country they persist in efforts to preserve the status quo. In so doing, they risk their credibility as partners in education reform.” Hoosier Access

‘Flipping’ classrooms: Does it make sense? – Supporters say “with this educational tructure, students learn more material and understand it more deeply and teachers have more freedom to help students who need them… But not everybody agrees.” The Answer Sheet

Indiana Academy ranked among best high schools – “The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities has been named one of America’s best high schools by Newsweek and the Daily Beast.” Muncie Star Press