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Validating Automated Essay Scoring for Online Writing Placement
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Ramineni, Chaitanya – Assessing Writing, 2013
In this paper, I describe the design and evaluation of automated essay scoring (AES) models for an institution's writing placement program. Information was gathered on admitted student writing performance at a science and technology research university in the northeastern United States. Under timed conditions, first-year students (N = 879) were…
Descriptors: Validity, Comparative Analysis, Internet, Student Placement
Automated Scoring in Context: Rapid Assessment for Placed Students
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Klobucar, Andrew; Elliot, Norbert; Deess, Perry; Rudniy, Oleksandr; Joshi, Kamal – Assessing Writing, 2013
This study investigated the use of automated essay scoring (AES) to identify at-risk students enrolled in a first-year university writing course. An application of AES, the "Criterion"[R] Online Writing Evaluation Service was evaluated through a methodology focusing on construct modelling, response processes, disaggregation, extrapolation,…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Scoring, Writing Instruction, Essays
Computer-Mediated-Communications, Learning Style, and Visualizing Online Educational Conversations
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Gibbs, William J.; Bernas, Ronan S. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2007
This descriptive pilot study employed the Grascha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scale (GRSLSS) to examine student communication and interactions in an online educational discussion that occurred for fourteen days. Discussion activity exhibited conversational turns and messages appeared as conversation rather than expository. Individuals scoring…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Software Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Scoring
An Evaluation of the IntelliMetric[SM] Essay Scoring System
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Rudner, Lawrence M.; Garcia, Veronica; Welch, Catherine – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
This report provides a two-part evaluation of the IntelliMetric[SM] automated essay scoring system based on its performance scoring essays from the Analytic Writing Assessment of the Graduate Management Admission Test[TM] (GMAT[TM]). The IntelliMetric system performance is first compared to that of individual human raters, a Bayesian system…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Scoring, Essays
Telephone Survey of Test Administrators Using the Automated Typing Test Software.
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Hansen, Kim – 1992
One hundred and sixteen test administrators in Job Service offices throughout the United States who are currently using the automated typing test software were contacted by telephone about the software. Sixty-nine percent have used the software less than 1 year, and 21 percent have used it more than 1 year. In 78 percent of the offices, there is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Employment Qualifications
Computer-Assisted Portfolio Scoring: Can Technology Enhance the Process of Scoring Portfolios?
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Solano-Flores, Guillermo; Raymond, Bruce; Schneider, Steven A. – 1997
The need for effective ways of monitoring the quality of scoring of portfolios resulted in the development of a software package that provides scoring leaders with updated information on their assessors' scoring quality. Assessors with computers enter data as they score, and this information is analyzed and reported to scoring leaders. The…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation