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FAQs about CriterionSM Service
AWA LiveErator for GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL
How can the Criterion service help students?
>>> Students get a response to their writing while it is fresh in their minds.
They find out immediately how their work compares to a standard and what they should do to improve it.
The Criterion service also provides an environment for writing and revision that capable and motivated
students can use independently. This environment, coupled with the opportunity for instant feedback, provides
the directed writing practice so beneficial for students.
How many topics are available?
>>> Currently, there are 61 College Level I topics appropriate for first-year writing courses,
practice and placement; 64 College Level II topics appropriate for second-year writing courses and
practice; 10 College Preparatory topics; 14 GRE topics; and 35 TOEFL topics.
The Criterion topics library also contains a group of basic skills writing assignments drawn from grade 11
and 12 topics called "College Level/Preparatory." These topics are graded against a lower-level scoring
rubric and can be assigned to gradually move incoming freshman up to the first-year writing level.
In addition, when educators want students to write on a topic not available in the Criterion library,
they can create and assign their own prompt for a student assignment. Although essays written on
educator-created topics do not receive the holistic score, all of the features of diagnostic feedback will
be reported when the essay is submitted.
Colleges and universities can also work with ETS to create new topics tailored to their needs.
The Criterion library of topics contains assignments representing the following writing genres: persuasive, informative, narrative, expository, issue and argumentative.
The Criterion service also offers a library of topics for high school, middle school and elementary
school beginning at grade 4.
Where do the Criterion topics come from?
>>> Criterion topics come from a number of sources, including ETS testing programs like NAEP®,
the English Placement Test designed for California State University, Praxis®, GRE®, and TOEFL®.
Criterion topics have been developed based on representative samples that are mode-specific and
that utilize 6-point holistic scales based on widely accepted writing standards.
What information does the Criterion service report to students?
>>> Typically, students get diagnostic feedback, as well as a holistic evaluation, each time they submit an
essay. However, educators can block students from seeing their scores — and may choose to do so if they
use the Criterion service for testing. Educators also have the option of allowing students access to their
own portfolio of essays, diagnostic reports and scores.
How do students feel about being scored by a machine?
>>> Most of today's students have had experience with instant feedback in computer programs and are becoming
more comfortable with the idea of computerized scoring.
Can the Criterion service score essays on other topics?
>>> The Criterion service can provide annotated diagnostic feedback for any essay submitted. Educators can
create their own prompt for a student assignment. However, the Criterion service can only report a
holistic score on those topics assigned from the library of topics, for which it has been "trained."
ETS maintains an annual schedule of adding new topics at each level. Institutions can also work
with ETS to create customized topics. The training process for a topic requires approximately 465 essays
that have been scored by faculty readers.
What is a holistic score?
>>> A holistic score is an overall score (usually on a 4- or 6- point scale) that is given to an essay.
The Criterion holistic scoring compares a student's writing to thousands of essays written and evaluated
by writing instructors.
The essays used to build the scoring models have been scored by trained readers and were written by students
under timed testing conditions. The writers had no opportunity to revise, use a spell checker or reflect on
what they had written. So, when students write on the Criterion topics in a regular class, working under more
relaxed conditions, instructors and students should recognize that their scores may not precisely compare to
those of the samples.
How does the Criterion service come up with its scores?
>>> The Criterion service is based on a technology called e-rater® that was developed at Educational Testing
Service. The e-rater scoring engine compares the new essay to samples of essays previously scored by faculty
readers — looking for similarities in sentence structure, organization and vocabulary. Essays earning high
scores are those with characteristics most similar to the high-scoring essays in the sample group; essays
earning low scores share characteristics with low-scoring essays in the sample group. Naturally, the sample
essays must be scored very carefully and the collection must include sufficient essays at each score point.
What technical requirements must a user have to access the Criterion site?
>>> The Criterion service only requires an Internet connection and a web browser and is PC, Linux and Mac compatible.
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Do you want to evaluate your GMAT, GRE AWA essay through the ETS LiveErater? Criterion is the answer.
Get response and feedback online for your writing by the ETS, organiser of GRE and TOEFL iBT.
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