Automated Essay Scoring
- Author(s):
- Burstein, Jill; Andreyev, Vyacheslav; Lu, Chi
- Patent Issued:
- Aug 08, 2006
- Patent Number:
- 7,088,949
- Source:
- ETS Patent
- Document Type:
- Patent
- Family ID:
- 32710734
- Subject/Key Words:
- Patent, Active Patent, Automated Essay Scoring (AES), Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing, Essay Assessment, Writing Errors, Trait Models
Abstract
To automatically evaluate an essay, the essay is applied to a plurality of trait models and a plurality of trait scores are determined based on the plurality of trait models. Each of these trait scores having been generated from a respective trait model. In addition, a score is determined based on the plurality of trait scores.