A robust methodology for automated essay grading
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Authors
Fazal, Anhar
Date
2013Supervisor
Prof. Tharam Dillon
Prof. Elizabeth Chang
Type
Thesis
Award
MPhil
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School of Information Systems, Curtin Business School
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Abstract
None of the available automated essay grading systems can be used to grade essays according to the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) analytic scoring rubric used in Australia. This thesis is a humble effort to address this limitation. The objective of this thesis is to develop a robust methodology for automatically grading essays based on the NAPLAN rubric by using heuristics and rules based on English language and neural network modelling.
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