I chose to review Tricia’s paper on assessment tools in
writing instruction for two reasons: 1) assessment tools are constantly
changing over time and 2) I work in the assessment publishing field and of
course, am interested in what other tools are out there and how they might
work.
Thoughts on Paper
Overall, it’s a great piece on automated scoring. Just have
a few thoughts/questions.
The outcomes released by CCC, WPA and NCTE: Are there any
differentiating opinions that might be elaborated upon or are they pretty
similar as it appears? I’m very interested in knowing more, especially when
groups such as these release positions on key issues related to teaching.
Great information about Intellimetric. What other AES
systems out there are similar to Intellimetric? Are there any that stand out? Suggest
providing a summary of these. Sometimes
it’s helpful to see something for comparison.
Tricia – I recently saw this white paper and thought you
might find this interesting – there is a mention of paper in the third
paragraph. http://www.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ai/about/news/NewsItem/newsrelease060111.htm
Thoughts on Presentation
- Great examples given in the first few slides. Nice to see how traditional scoring and automated scoring differ. I do not think most of us would have even had a picture of it without examples so it’s very helpful. I suggest that font is changed for the feedback (italics and blue font) to make it stand out (this is just the editor in me-used to edit PowerPoint presentations at work).
- It’s nice to see the differences between traditional and automated methods in table form. It reallymakes a case for AES.
- For the slide with pearsoned – recommend titling it with a title rather than web address to introduce it to the reader.
- Loved the last slide – sad to say I came across someone who asked me what a typewriter was. :-)
Great job! Thanks for the opportunity to read a different
perspective on digital technologies!
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