McCann Associates

The IntelliMetric® automated essay scoring system is the "gold-standard" in automated essay scoring. Used for both low and high stakes assessment environments, perhaps the most important application of IntelliMetric has been in the area of writing instruction. The use of IntelliMetric provides users with two critical components: the ability to have numerous attempts at writing assignments with detailed feedback and to get that feedback instantly.

With virtually instantaneous electronic scoring, IntelliMetric® dramatically reduces the cost and time required to evaluate student and professional writing. Moreover, IntelliMetric® improves the instructional process by offering more frequent and immediate feedback to writers.

Benefits include:

• Accuracy, consistency and reliability greater than human expert scoring
• Web-based tools are accessible anytime, anywhere
• Scores both short answer and extended response questions
• Provides both holistic and analytic scoring and feedback
• Scoring capability in more than 20 different languages
• Detects non-legitimate essays, such as those that are:
• Off-topic
• Off-task
• Lack proper development
• Are written in a language other than what was expected
• Contain bad syntax
• Copy the question
• Are inappropriate
• Immediate feedback eliminates scoring delays and promotes greater use of data to target instruction

McCann Associates can also provide E-Write IntelliMetric Within® for automated essay scoring using an Application Programming Interface (API), a solution that is ideal for clients who want to incorporate the power of IntelliMetric® within their existing applications. The integration of IntelliMetric® scoring via an API solution is seamless and provides nearly instantaneous scoring of constructed response and open-ended essay questions that are submitted to the client's application and routed to McCann's IntelliMetric® scoring engine. E-Write IntelliMetric Within® is McCann's solution for embedded automated essay scoring technology within a client application.

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