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Assessment of Clinical Skills: A Case Study in Constructing an NLP-based Scoring System for Patient Notes

Posted: | Polina Harik, Janet Mee, Christopher Runyon, Brian E. Clauser

Advancing Natural Language Processing in Educational Assessment: Pages 58-73

 

This chapter describes INCITE, an NLP-based system for scoring free-text responses. It emphasizes the importance of context and the system’s intended use and explains how each component of the system contributed to its accuracy.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Applications of Technology, Scoring

Historical Perspectives on Score Comparability Issues Raised by Innovations in Testing

Posted: | Peter Baldwin, Brian E. Clauser

Journal of Educational Measurement: Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 140-160

 

A conceptual framework for thinking about the problem of score comparability is given followed by a description of three classes of connectives. Examples from the history of innovations in testing are given for each class.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Scoring