Les Perelman is not only an old high school pal. We are still friends. In fact, we spent time together just recently on one of his trips through Chicago. Les worked for years as director of undergraduate writing at MIT. He is now a research affiliate in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing program MIT. Les and his students created BABEL, the Basic Automatic B.S. Essay Language Generator. Using this software, Les uses Babel to show how limited computer-based assessments are in evaluating student writing. This does not make institutions like Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest testing company, very happy. Today Les tells his story in Valerie Strauss’ Washington Post column, The Answer Sheet. ETS supplies Strauss with a response to Les.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:45:00 +0000
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