It’s both interesting and heartening to see this research evolve. As an English teacher our interests are not only workload reduction but maintaining the knowledge of students as writers so it is great to see that priority included in the pilots. Well done to Phill and his team!
It's reassuring to read this as I've been experimenting with a comparative marking approach like this and have noticed similar results. I'm also an English teacher. As to the feedback stage, I've also been trying out some prompts to create personalised feedback for analysis and language use. Creates multiple choice. So, it's definitely doable. Looking forward to finding how it works out for you.
It’s both interesting and heartening to see this research evolve. As an English teacher our interests are not only workload reduction but maintaining the knowledge of students as writers so it is great to see that priority included in the pilots. Well done to Phill and his team!
The “no more marking” project seems to be UK centric, why not open it up to a global audience? I live in Canada and I think we could use your products
You can! We don’t have a national project in Canada but you can still set up custom tasks. https://help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/ai-custom-tasks-our-newest-product-zwam10/
It's reassuring to read this as I've been experimenting with a comparative marking approach like this and have noticed similar results. I'm also an English teacher. As to the feedback stage, I've also been trying out some prompts to create personalised feedback for analysis and language use. Creates multiple choice. So, it's definitely doable. Looking forward to finding how it works out for you.
Here are two blogs about the (un)reliability of the marking and grading of GCSE, AS and A level exams in England:
https://www.teachingtimes.com/how-many-grading-errors-go-undetected/
https://www.teachingtimes.com/is-ai-better-at-marking-than-human-examiners/
Did every single word written by the students get ready by their teacher?
Read this for more details: https://help.nomoremarking.com/en/article/how-long-does-it-take-to-assess-one-classs-essays-using-comparative-judgement-lrxp0m/