EdX, the massive online education enterprise founded by Harvard and MIT, is about to make another big push in changing how we learn. It has to do with how instructors grade essays. You remember in ...

Computers have been grading multiple-choice tests in schools for years. To the relief of English teachers everywhere, essays have been tougher to gauge. But look out, teachers: A new study finds that ...

This spring, millions of students around the country are taking standardized exams whose results could have important consequences for students, teachers and schools. The scores may be used to decide ...

Here's a little pop quiz. Multiple-choice tests are useful because: A: They're cheap to score. B: They can be scored quickly. C: They score without human bias. D: All of the above. It would take a ...