The Texas Education Agency is defending its decision to let computers grade students’ STAAR essay test questions in the face of mounting criticism from parents and teachers who question the fairness ...
A Seattle-area startup called Pattern Computer is developing a rapid COVID-19 test based on patterns in light from spit, one of several projects moving ahead from the 7-year-old company that designed ...
Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state's standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pattern Computer,® Inc. (PCI) has developed a novel test for near real-time (15 sec) diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infections. In contrast with widely used antibody ...
Despite neat formulas and equations in textbooks, chemistry is still an inexact science. At best, scientists only partly understand some of the turbulent processes that occur during chemical reactions ...
Malware threats and cyberscams continue to rise. Cringely asks, if we can't get more secure software, can we at least get smarter users? In a recent post about ads for fake virus scanners and their ...
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) expressed its concern about the integrated computer testing capabilities across the three separate programs under the Exploration Systems Development (ESD) ...
In a recent post about ads for fake virus scanners and their propensity for snagging less experienced/more gullible users (“Microsoft declares war on ‘scareware’“), I asked the following questions: ...