About the Criterion Service

The Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service is a valuable, time-saving, web-based instructor-led writing tool. The Criterion service:

• gives students unlimited opportunities to practice their writing independently without adding to instructor workload
• allows instructors to concentrate on the content and the style of their students' work and teach higher-level writing skills
• provides administrators with customizable, in-depth reports that allow them to easily monitor district, school and classroom writing performance

The Criterion service offers a full suite of useful features, including:

• immediate, automated scoring and diagnostic review
• a Peer Review Tool that lets peer groups view and comment on each other's work
• in-depth, customizable student and group performance reports
• more than 400 topics at various skill levels in the Criterion library for instructors to choose from
• access to multiple editions of A Writer's Handbook (elementary through college level/several languages)
• unlimited, 24/7 access from school, home or anywhere there is an internet connection
• alignment to Common Core State Standards