Superintendents question automated grading system, giving thousands of students zeros on a portion of STAAR test
STAAR test scores out Friday show small gains in some districts, but overall the results show not much change in how students are performing.
Is that really the case?
Some superintendents say new grading practices for the test, handed out more zeros to students than ever before, and they want answers.
Urban, suburban, big, small, it doesn’t matter where you look…superintendents are all waving the same red flag.
“We saw an increased number of zero scores on the open-ended responses. and so that caused us to express some concerns,” said Superintendent of Lewisville ISD, Lori Rapp.
Some call it AI, some call it a robot, whatever your preference, it is TEA’s new method to grade STAAR electronically and superintendents say the grades are surprising.
