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Direct linkCondon, William – Assessing Writing, 2013
Automated Essay Scoring (AES) has garnered a great deal of attention from the rhetoric and composition/writing studies community since the Educational Testing Service began using e-rater[R] and the "Criterion"[R] Online Writing Evaluation Service as products in scoring writing tests, and most of the responses have been negative. While the…
Descriptors: Measurement, Psychometrics, Evaluation Methods, Educational Testing
Download full textPennsylvania Department of Education, 2010
This handbook describes the responsibilities of district and school assessment coordinators in the administration of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). This updated guidebook contains the following sections: (1) General Assessment Guidelines for All Assessments; (2) Writing Specific Guidelines; (3) Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Guides, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
Peterson, Shelley Stagg; McClay, Jill; Main, Kristin – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2011
This paper reports on an analysis of large-scale assessments of Grades 5-8 students' writing across 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada. Theory, classroom practice, and the contributions and constraints of large-scale writing assessment are brought together with a focus on Grades 5-8 writing in order to provide both a broad view of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Measures (Individuals)
Quinlan, Thomas; Higgins, Derrick; Wolff, Susanne – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This report evaluates the construct coverage of the e-rater[R[ scoring engine. The matter of construct coverage depends on whether one defines writing skill, in terms of process or product. Originally, the e-rater engine consisted of a large set of components with a proven ability to predict human holistic scores. By organizing these capabilities…
Descriptors: Guides, Writing Skills, Factor Analysis, Writing Tests
Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Deng, Hui; Shaw, Emily J. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2007
This study was designed to address two frequent criticisms of the SAT essay--that essay length is the best predictor of scores, and that there is an advantage in using more "sophisticated" examples as opposed to personal experience. The study was based on 2,820 essays from the first three administrations of the new SAT. Each essay was…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Writing Skills
Dikli, Semire – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
Automated Essay Scoring (AES) is defined as the computer technology that evaluates and scores the written prose (Shermis & Barrera, 2002; Shermis & Burstein, 2003; Shermis, Raymat, & Barrera, 2003). AES systems are mainly used to overcome time, cost, reliability, and generalizability issues in writing assessment (Bereiter, 2003; Burstein,…
Descriptors: Scoring, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Standardized Tests
Attali, Yigal; Burstein, Jill – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
E-rater[R] has been used by the Educational Testing Service for automated essay scoring since 1999. This paper describes a new version of e-rater (V.2) that is different from other automated essay scoring systems in several important respects. The main innovations of e-rater V.2 are a small, intuitive, and meaningful set of features used for…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Test Scoring Machines, Scoring, Writing Evaluation
