Graduating into a global pandemic was never going to be easy. But for some in the high school class of COVID-19, their academic futures were further jeopardized by a predictive algorithm that assigned ...

London has seen many protests in its 2,000 years, but a chant that rang out in front of the Department for Education this past Sunday was likely a first. “Fuck the algorithm,” yelled a crowd of ...

In-person final exams were canceled for thousands of students this spring, so computers stepped in — to disastrous effect. By Meredith Broussard Ms. Broussard is an artificial intelligence researcher ...

A Southern California seventh grader and his mother have tricked an online learning platform into giving him 100% grades. According to a Tuesday report in The Verge, 12-year-old Lazare Simmons had ...

Recently, a grading fiasco in the United Kingdom left 40% of students with a worse grade than they had anticipated receiving, sparking outrage and even legal action. However, it was not the teacher ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. But this year, it’s very different. The coronavirus pandemic means exams were canceled and replaced with teacher assessments and algorithms. It has created ...

As anger erupted following the release of A-level grades last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted that the results were “robust”, “good” and “dependable for employers”. But just days later, ...

A student is threatening to sue the UK government over an algorithm used to determine the final grades of school leavers in the absence of formal examinations during the pandemic. Curtis Parfitt-Ford, ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Instead, students will receive grades based on their teachers’ ...

The uproar over an algorithm that lowered the grades of 40 percent of students is a sign of battles to come regarding the use of technology in public services. By Adam Satariano LONDON — Even after a ...