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Zimmerman, Whitney Alicia; Kang, Hyun Bin; Kim, Kyung; Gao, Mengzhao; Johnson, Glenn; Clariana, Roy; Zhang, Fan – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
Over two semesters short essay prompts were developed for use with the Graphical Interface for Knowledge Structure (GIKS), an automated essay scoring system. Participants were students in an undergraduate-level online introductory statistics course. The GIKS compares students' writing samples with an expert's to produce keyword occurrence and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing
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Rupp, André A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2018
This article discusses critical methodological design decisions for collecting, interpreting, and synthesizing empirical evidence during the design, deployment, and operational quality-control phases for automated scoring systems. The discussion is inspired by work on operational large-scale systems for automated essay scoring but many of the…
Descriptors: Design, Automation, Scoring, Test Scoring Machines
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Chen, Jing; Zhang, Mo; Bejar, Isaac I. – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Automated essay scoring (AES) generally computes essay scores as a function of macrofeatures derived from a set of microfeatures extracted from the text using natural language processing (NLP). In the "e-rater"® automated scoring engine, developed at "Educational Testing Service" (ETS) for the automated scoring of essays, each…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Scoring, Automation, Essay Tests
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Mao, Liyang; Liu, Ou Lydia; Roohr, Katrina; Belur, Vinetha; Mulholland, Matthew; Lee, Hee-Sun; Pallant, Amy – Educational Assessment, 2018
Scientific argumentation is one of the core practices for teachers to implement in science classrooms. We developed a computer-based formative assessment to support students' construction and revision of scientific arguments. The assessment is built upon automated scoring of students' arguments and provides feedback to students and teachers.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Science Tests, Scoring, Automation
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Elliott, Victoria – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2014
Automated essay scoring programs are becoming more common and more technically advanced. They provoke strong reactions from both their advocates and their detractors. Arguments tend to fall into two categories: technical and principled. This paper argues that since technical difficulties will be overcome with time, the debate ought to be held in…
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Grading, Computer Assisted Testing
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Koul, Ravinder; Clariana, Roy B.; Salehi, Roya – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
This article reports the results of an investigation of the convergent criterion-related validity of two computer-based tools for scoring concept maps and essays as part of the ongoing formative evaluation of these tools. In pairs, participants researched a science topic online and created a concept map of the topic. Later, participants…
Descriptors: Scoring, Essay Tests, Test Validity, Formative Evaluation
Carlson, Sybil B.; Camp, Roberta – 1985
This paper reports on Educational Testing Service research studies investigating the parameters critical to reliability and validity in both the direct and indirect writing ability assessment of higher education applicants. The studies involved: (1) formulating an operational definition of writing competence; (2) designing and pretesting writing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Essay Tests