<p>RR has one and CB has one. Is it reliable?</p>
<p>CB’s essay grader is unreliable. Paste a NY Times article into the essay grader and you will get a 12. It grades based on length.</p>
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<p>Wouldn’t that make it pretty accurate, then? >:]</p>
<p>Not if it’s completely off subject.</p>
<p>If 5 random obituaries can score a 12 on an essay topic dealing with materialism, then anything can.</p>
<p>^sarcasm detector needed (right?)</p>
<p>No, I was being serious.</p>
<p>PS: Post #3000. woot lol</p>
<p>Wow fail on my part (for not making myself clear) and yours (for misinterpreting what I wrote). </p>
<p>Anyways, I was saying you needed a sarcasm detector. I’m pretty sure 112whatever was kidding.</p>
<p>Haha, I’m a total loser for looking up the >:] smilie, but it’s a devilish remark. Lots and lots of sarcasm. 
(I often need a sarcasm detector as well.) :D</p>
<p>Wow, grading based on length sure is an unreliable basis for automatic scoring, though perhaps the easiest. Ah CB…</p>
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<p>Well, if the CB grader assigns scores solely based on length, then it would most likely disregard something as simple as spell check, thanks to the abundance of proper nouns in essays. In real essays those kind of errors certainly wouldn’t go noticed based on length. Furthermore, with correct spelling/grammar, a relevant thesis, cogent support, and a full two pages (minus a line), I did not score in the 10-12 range. 90% is a bit high…though I do see the general correlation.</p>