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Download full textScalise, Kathleen; Gifford, Bernard – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
Technology today offers many new opportunities for innovation in educational assessment through rich new assessment tasks and potentially powerful scoring, reporting and real-time feedback mechanisms. One potential limitation for realizing the benefits of computer-based assessment in both instructional assessment and large scale testing comes in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Assessment, Information Technology, Classification
Dikli, Semire – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
Automated Essay Scoring (AES) is defined as the computer technology that evaluates and scores the written prose (Shermis & Barrera, 2002; Shermis & Burstein, 2003; Shermis, Raymat, & Barrera, 2003). AES systems are mainly used to overcome time, cost, reliability, and generalizability issues in writing assessment (Bereiter, 2003; Burstein,…
Descriptors: Scoring, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Standardized Tests
Attali, Yigal; Burstein, Jill – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
E-rater[R] has been used by the Educational Testing Service for automated essay scoring since 1999. This paper describes a new version of e-rater (V.2) that is different from other automated essay scoring systems in several important respects. The main innovations of e-rater V.2 are a small, intuitive, and meaningful set of features used for…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Test Scoring Machines, Scoring, Writing Evaluation
Penuel, William R.; Yarnall, Louise – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2005
Since 2002, Project WHIRL (Wireless Handhelds In Reflection on Learning) has investigated potential uses of handheld computers in K-12 science classrooms using a teacher-involved process of software development and field trials. Te project is a three-year research and development grant from the National Science Foundation, and it is a partnership…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R. – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2005
Universal design for assessment (UDA) is intended to increase participation of students with disabilities and English-language learners in general education assessments by addressing student needs through customized testing platforms. Computer-based testing provides an optimal format for creating individually-tailored tests. However, although a…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Grade 3, Second Language Learning
Dolan, Robert P.; Hall, Tracey E.; Banerjee, Manju; Chun, Euljung; Strangman, Nicole – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2005
Standards-based reform efforts are highly dependent on accurate assessment of all students, including those with disabilities. The accuracy of current large-scale assessments is undermined by construct-irrelevant factors including access barriers, a particular problem for students with disabilities. Testing accommodations such as the read-aloud…
Descriptors: United States History, Testing Accommodations, Test Content, Learning Disabilities
