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(London.CityRegions.com, July 29, 2013 ) England, UK -- West Virginia's Department of Education's auto-grading initiative was established back in 2004. Charleston's WVDE created a statewide assessment test in 1984 for students in four separate grade levels, and was looking to expand the program. Problem was, the program was never really looked over at how the scores looked versus hand-scored tests. For students in fourth, seventh, and 10th grade, such disparity could certainly be important to know.
"We brought teachers to Charleston and paid them daily rates plus lodging and meals," explains Sandy Foster, lead coordinator in the WVDE's Office of Assessment and Accountability. "It was great professional development for the teachers, but the process was expensive; we were only able to do it for the three grade levels."
While seeking an affordable solution, the auto-grading system was sought. It meant that programming computers to scan and grade was faster and seemingly more efficient. The CTB/McGraw-Hill's Writing Roadmap, which was an online measuring and tracking system was established. The system looked at grades three through 12, and noted the product came up with 100 different writing assignments or sets that could be used. The system also came with an generic scoring system that was customized to meet with the WVDE's guidelines.
The teachers make assignments, which are then taken by students at the computer to read and type. Students are on a locked-down keyboard that allows no internet access, according to Foster. It thus eliminates the ability to cheat... although we all use the internet at all times to help spell and compose items, so it is not clear why the lockdown is necessary.
"In most cases there's a closer correlation between the human and computer scores than there is between two human scores," says Foster. "It's pretty amazing." The annual validity studies helped quell one of the WVDE's biggest challenges with auto-grading: the fact that English teachers don't believe that computers can score writing. "When teachers saw for themselves how close the WV Writes scores were to theirs," says Foster, "more of them became believers."
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