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MYAccess! versus WriteToLearn: Assessing and Providing Feedback on Student Essays

The Essay Component of MYAccess! and WriteToLearn assess and provide feedback on student essays, evaluating both content and writing mechanics. MYAccess! offers a superior interface, cleaner design, and more focused revision support. With MYAccess!, teachers have more control over feedback given to disaggregated groups.

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MYAccess! versus WriteToLearn: Assessing and Providing Feedback on Student Essays

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  1. MYAccess! versus WriteToLearn

  2. “WriteToLearn in their own eyes” How does it score? The Essay Component, using the KAT engine, assesses the content of an essay, as well as more mechanical aspects of writing. When a student submits an essay for scoring, the system immediately measures the meaning of the essay. It then compares the essay to the essays on which it was trained, looking for similarities and assigns a holistic score in part by placing the essay in a category with the most similar training essays. Analytic scoring occurs in much the same way. For each trait, the system assesses that trait in the student essays, compares it to the training essays, and then categorizes the trait in question. What feedback does it provide? Students can receive a variety of feedback on their essays, such as a holistic score and analytic scores on different writing traits. Students may also receive feedback on spelling, grammar and redundancy, as well as on the length of their essays. How many prompts are available? 100 Writing Prompts 100 Reading Prompts http://www.writetolearn.net/FAQ.html#Q13

  3. What others are saying http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=193700228

  4. Student versus Student

  5. Assignment Center • Why We Are Better: • Due date is displayed • Cleaner interface • Less scrolling • Direct links to other • parts of the program

  6. Portfolio Center • Why We Are Better: • Class information • Cleaner interface • View teacher comments • MY Tutor Feedback • Revision plan

  7. Student Workpage • Why We Are Better: • Focused revision support • by domain (MYTutor) • Multiple writing tools • Text tools • Prewriting tools • More…

  8. Student Workpage Cont. • Why We Are Better: • Specific feedback • Content and rubric • focused • Teacher can control • feedback given • Feedback can be modified • for disaggregated groups • More…

  9. Student Workpage Cont. • Why We Are Better: • Collapsible panes • Less scrolling • Dynamic feedback • 6-still receive feedback • Writing tools not reading • tools for writing

  10. Teacher versus Teacher

  11. Main Menu • Why We Are Better: • Immediate Weekly • Snapshot • Create a writing prompt • Set-up classes as one link • User Search • Easy-Modify My Account

  12. Reports Menu • Why We Are Better: • Aggregated and Disaggregated • student data reports • Multiple group and student reports • Comparative Report

  13. Setting Up Assignments • Why We Are Better: • Better filtering system • Display textbook and state standards • More options to modify prompts • Complete descriptions of prompts

  14. http://www.writetolearn.net/Demo.html Use the Power Point for you Use the Demo against them. Verbally present this comparison by tabbing back and forth between MyAccess! and WriteToLearn.

  15. MYAccess! wins in a knockout!

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