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Automated evaluation of essays and short answers
conference contribution
posted on 2006-05-19, 15:21 authored by Jill Burstein, Claudia Leacock, Richard SwartzEssay questions designed to measure writing ability, along with open-ended questions
requiring short answers, are highly-valued components of effective assessment
programs, but the expense and logistics of scoring them reliably often present a barrier
to their use. Extensive research and development efforts at Educational Testing
Service (ETS) over the past several years (see http://www.ets.org/research/erater.html)
in natural language processing have produced two applications with the potential to
dramatically reduce the difficulties associated with scoring these types of assessments.
History
School
- University Academic and Administrative Support
Department
- Professional Development
Research Unit
- CAA Conference
Pages
52786 bytesCitation
BURSTEIN et al, 2001. Automated evaluation of essays and short answers. Proeedings of the 5th CAA Conference, Loughborough: Loughborough UniversityPublisher
© Loughborough UniversityPublication date
2001Notes
This is a conference paper.Language
- en