Cost is another concern, since grading essays and projects is more time consuming than grading standardized tests.

But if uniform, mechanically graded tests did not exist, they would have to be invented, for in fairness to all, the colleges need some way to choose between students with otherwise similar qualifications.

The more frequently graded tests are used, the better will be the understanding of those who are to rely on them for the selection of candidates.

The division has also introduced automated written testing for driver licenses - a time-saving alternative to the manually graded tests that are now administered.

Ten-year-old Lauren, long blonde hair in pigtails, crept into the study where Ellie graded tests for her high school biology class.

This technology was widely used for tabulating votes and grading standardized tests.

A few technologies allow people to make marks on paper that are easily read by machine-these are widely used for tabulating votes and grading standardized tests.

Foreign students at Syracuse and other colleges are given carefully graded tests of spoken English.

Orlich criticizes the use of expensive, holistically graded tests, rather than inexpensive multiple-choice "bubble tests", to measure the quality of both the system and individuals for very large numbers of students.

It took the Energy Department five years to discover that several inspectors at Hanford were not been properly certified because of incorrectly graded tests or lack of experience.