Push to have robots mark NAPLAN tests under fire from prominent US academic

A push to have robots mark English tasks in NAPLAN testing has come under attack, with a prominent US academic calling for a halt to the plans, claiming there are major flaws. From next year, NAPLAN persuasive writing tasks will be marked by an automated essay scoring system. They will be double-marked by a teacher. It is part of a plan to introduce fully automated marking and testing by 2020. The proposal has outraged teachers' unions, who argue it is impossible for a robot to score the subjective aspects of writing.