Analytical Writing Measure

Key Reports

• Identifying the Writing Tasks Important for Academic Success at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level
  By M. Rosenfeld, R. Courtney, and M. Fowles (2004)
  GRE Board Report No. 00-04R
• Psychometric Evaluation of the New GRE Writing Assessment
  By G.A. Schaeffer, J.B. Briel, and M.E. Fowles (2001)
  GRE Board Report No. 96-11P
• Comparing the Validity of Automated and Human Essay Scoring
  By D.E. Powers, J.C. Burstein, M. Chodorow, M.E. Fowles, and K. Kukich (2000)
  GRE Board Report No. 98-08aR
• Further Validation of a Writing Assessment for Graduate Admissions
  By D.E. Powers, M.E. Fowles, and C.K. Welsh (1999)
  GRE Board Report No. 96-13R
• The Personal Statement as an Indicator of Writing Skill: A Cautionary Note
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (1996)
  GRE Board Report No. 93-26dR

Additional Reports

• Ensuring the Fairness of GRE Writing Prompts: Assessing Differential Difficulty
  By M. Broer, Y. Lee, S. Rizavi, and D. Powers (2005)
  GRE Research Report No. 02-07R, ETS Research Report No. RR-05-11
• Effects of Preexamination Disclosure of Essay Prompts for the GRE Analytical Writing Assessment
  By D.E. Powers (2005)
  GRE Board Report No. 01-07R
• Stumping E-Rater®: Challenging the Validity of Automated Essay Scoring
  By D.E. Powers, J.C. Burstein, M. Chodorow, M.E. Fowles, and K. Kukich (2001)
  GRE Board Report No. 98-08bP
• GRE Automated-Editing-Task Phase II Report: Item Analyses, Revisions, Validity Study, and Taxonomy Development
  By H. Breland, K. Kukich, and L. Hemat (2001)
  GRE Board Report No. 98-05P
• Likely Impact of the GRE Writing Assessment on Graduate Admissions Decisions
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (2000)
  GRE Board Report No. 97-06R
• Writing Assessment in Admission to Higher Education: Review and Framework
  By H.M. Breland, B. Bridgeman, and M.E. Fowles (1999)
  GRE Board Report No. 96-12R
• Exploration of an Automated Editing Task as a GRE Writing Measure
  By H.M. Breland (1999)
  GRE Board Report No. 96-01R
• Scoring Essays Automatically Using Surface Features
  By R.M. Kaplan, S.E. Wolff, J.C. Burstein, C. Lu, D.A. Rock, and B.A. Kaplan (1998)
  GRE Board Report No 94-21P
• Test Takers' Judgments About GRE Writing Test Prompts
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (1998)
  GRE Board Report No. 94-13R
• Effects of Applying Different Time Limits to a Proposed GRE Writing Test
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (1997)
  GRE Board Report No. 93-26cR
• Effects of Disclosing Essay Topics for a New GRE Writing Test
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (1997)
  GRE Board Report No. 93-26aR
• Correlates of Satisfaction with Graduate School Applicants' Performance on the GRE Writing Measure
  By D.E. Powers and M.E. Fowles (1997)
  GRE Board Report No. 93-18R
• Validating a Writing Test for Graduate Admissions
  By D.E. Powers, M.E. Fowles, and K. Boyles (1996)
  GRE Board Report No. 93-26bP
• The Assessment of Writing Ability: A Review of Research
  By P.L. Cooper (1984)
  GRE Board Report No. 82-15R