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🧑‍🏫 A person who marks 💻 A marking program
grader

grader

3 4.4
A computer program that automatically gives grades to student work
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪdər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : calificador automático
  • The online grader evaluated the coding assignments and provided instant feedback to the students.
  • a tough grader
  • an eighth grader
  • a fifth grader

And as far as I can see, sending it to auto grader as a Julia file, it'll be even worse than usual.

Examples

  • Using the automated grader, the instructor was able to quickly assess and return quizzes to the class.

  • This new grader system can analyze answers and assign marks with remarkable accuracy.

  • Before you buy any stock, you should always run it through my free Portfolio Grader ratings system.

    Blog text (34)

  • The independent grader calculated the scores of the tests using the same procedure as the first grader.

    Academic text (1990)

  • There were two completely correct solutions, one of which, by a Polish student, was so beautifully presented that a grader commented, "It gave me butterflies in my stomach!"

    Academic text (1993)

  • The College Board says the responsibility for deciding on grades lies principally with the head grader for each test, in consultation with Board and Educational Testing Service directors and statisticians.

    Academic text (2003)

  • For the first paper, we provided written narrative feedback from Essay Grader's prewritten bank of comments, which allowed us to present detailed analytic and holistic feedback without typing the comments on each paper.

    Academic text (2013)

How Automated

grader
  • Specialized
3 4.4
grader
  • US
178 3.7

Surface Forms

grader singular
graders plural

Morphology

grader = grade (transparent) = grade + er

The automated system is named as an agent of the verb 'grade' (i.e. a tool that grades), which is a transparent extension of the agentive formation.

Etymology

The word grader is made from grade and the ending -er, so it means 'one who gives grades' whether that is a person or a program. That's why a computer grader is a program that 'gives grades' to student work quickly.