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Kim, Do-Hong; Huynh, Huynh – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2007
This study examined comparability of student scores obtained from computerized and paper-and-pencil formats of the large-scale statewide end-of-course (EOC) examinations in the two subject areas of Algebra and Biology. Evidence in support of comparability of computerized and paper-based tests was sought by examining scale scores, item parameter…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Measures (Individuals), Biology, Algebra
Wang, Jinhao; Brown, Michelle Stallone – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2007
The current research was conducted to investigate the validity of automated essay scoring (AES) by comparing group mean scores assigned by an AES tool, IntelliMetric [TM] and human raters. Data collection included administering the Texas version of the WriterPlacer "Plus" test and obtaining scores assigned by IntelliMetric [TM] and by…
Descriptors: Test Scoring Machines, Scoring, Comparative Testing, Intermode Differences
Ben-Simon, Anat; Bennett, Randy Elliott – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2007
This study evaluated a "substantively driven" method for scoring NAEP writing assessments automatically. The study used variations of an existing commercial program, e-rater[R], to compare the performance of three approaches to automated essay scoring: a "brute-empirical" approach in which variables are selected and weighted solely according to…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Scoring, Essays
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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