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Conijn, Rianne; Martinez-Maldonado, Roberto; Knight, Simon; Buckingham Shum, Simon; Van Waes, Luuk; van Zaanen, Menno – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Current writing support tools tend to focus on assessing final or intermediate products, rather than the writing process. However, sensing technologies, such as keystroke logging, can enable provision of automated feedback during, and on aspects of, the writing process. Despite this potential, little is known about the critical indicators that can…
Descriptors: Automation, Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Learning Analytics
T.H.E. Journal, 2013
The West Virginia Department of Education's auto grading initiative dates back to 2004--a time when school districts were making their first forays into automation. The Charleston based WVDE had instituted a statewide writing assessment in 1984 for students in fourth, seventh, and 10th grades and was looking to expand that program without having…
Descriptors: Automation, Grading, Scoring, Computer Uses in Education
Havlin, Patricia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Writing assessments have taken two primary forms in the past two decades: direct and indirect. Irrespective of type, either form needs to be anchored to making decisions in the classroom and predicting performance on high-stakes tests, particularly in a high-stakes environment with serious consequences. In this study, 11th-grade students were…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Grade 11, High School Students, Writing Assignments
Parker, David C.; McMaster, Kristen L.; Burns, Matthew K. – School Psychology Review, 2011
The instructional level is helpful when identifying an intervention for math or reading, but researchers have yet to investigate whether the instructional-level concept can be applied to early writing. The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend previous research by examining technical features of potential instructional-level criteria…
Descriptors: Sentences, Writing Evaluation, Writing Assignments, Teaching Methods
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1990
This handbook, intended for English language arts teachers, principals, curriculum and testing specialists, superintendents, and all educators interested in preparing students for the grade 8 California Assessment Program (CAP) writing assessment, provides the practitioner with information about the content of the test, the rationale underlying…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Language Arts

Soles, Derek – 2001
Composition theory and research indicate that, whether they use a holistic or an analytic rubric, teachers should share their scoring guide with their students. Both students and teachers benefit in substantial ways when students draft and revise their written work in the context of the rubric their teachers will use to assess student writing.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Scoring, Scoring Formulas
Andresen, Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This guide for college teachers, written from a British perspective, focuses on economic and efficient practices for assessing students. The guide groups various practices under 10 major strategies: (1) decide whose interests assessment is serving; (2) avoid over-sampling the course; (3) avoid over-questioning; (4) avoid over-reading student work;…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency