Automated Essay Scoring

<p>This new volume is the first to focus entirely on automated essay scoring and evaluation. It is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution and state-of-the-art of automated essay scoring and evaluation technology across several disciplines including education testing and measurement cognitive science computer science and computational linguistics.<br><br> The development of this technology has led to many questions and concerns. <i>Automated Essay Scoring</i> attempts to address some of these questions including:<br> *How can automated scoring and evaluation supplement classroom instruction? <br> *How does the technology actually work? <br> *Can it improve students' writing? <br> *How reliable is the technology? <br> *How can these computing methods be used to develop evaluation tools? <br> *What are the state-of the-art essay evaluation technologies and automated scoring systems? <br><br> Divided into four parts the first part reviews the teaching of writing and how computers can contribute to it. Part II analyzes actual automated essay scorers including <i>e-raterTM Intellimetric</i> and the <i> Intelligent Essay Assessor</i>. The third part analyzes related psychometric issues and the final part reviews innovations in the field.<br><br> This book is ideal for researchers and advanced students interested in automated essay scoring from the fields of testing and measurement education cognitive science language and computational linguistics.</p>