THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE TEST SCORER (Should we be concerned?) (From the article....)“Wait, someone scores standardized tests? I thought those were all done by machines.” This is usually the first response I get when I tell people I have been eking out a living as a test-scoring temp. The companies responsible for scoring standardized tests have not yet figured out a way to electronically process the varied handwriting and creative flourishes of millions of third to twelfth graders. Nor, to my knowledge, have they begun to outsource this work to India. Instead, every year, the written-response portions of innumerable standardized tests given across the country are scored by human beings—tens of thousands of us, a veritable army of temporary workers monthlyreview.org/2010/12/01/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-test-scorer/
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:08:38 +0000
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