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The human stakes of AI grading

AI in Education EditorialUpdated May 31, 20261 min readRead source
The human stakes of AI grading
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Skip to main content Search Search Flypaper The human stakes of AI grading Meredith Coffey, Ph.D. 3.26.2026 Getty Images/BongkarnThanyakij Listen to this article Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... During my last year as a classroom teacher, I was tasked with grading 5,400 assignments. Here’s the math: 150 students x 4 quarters x 9 assignments (the number we were required to grade quarterly).

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