The University of Buffalo (my alma mater) is taking a bold new step in writing assessment. They are attempting to computer score the eight grade English Language Arts assessments which students hand write. So far they are within one point of human evaluators and their program assesses the student’s writing in seconds. If this program can quickly score students’ writing, then the teacher can work with students to improve their writing. Students could take mini-ELA assessments during the year to assess their progress and work toward scoring a 5 or 6/6on the state assessment. At present, teachers can only assess so many writing assessments during a year due to the time it takes to assess each writing. Now they can focus on improving students’ writing instead of focusing on correcting their papers.
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Handwritten Essay assessment by Computer!
Published February 4, 2008 Academic , Accountability , Education , ELA , English , Formative , Formative assessment , write , Writing , Written 1 CommentTags: Assessment, Computer, Education, ELA, English, program, School, state assessment, write, Writing
