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- California Institute of Technology
- DePaul University
- Louisiana State University
- University of Cincinnati
iMOAT is a suite of Web services for online
writing assessments that enable academic institutions to
- measure accurately the writing skills their students will need both
in college and afterwards;
- focus on their own educational philosophy and priorities;
- accommodate easily students with special needs;
- share IT and administrative costs with other institutions;
- share best practices in writing assessment with other institutions;
and
- help build with other institutions an extensive national digital
research database of student essays.
iMOAT allows students, from the comfort
of their own homes to
- register for an evaluation;
- review college-level readings and test questions;
- spend a realistic amount of time planning, writing, and revising
essays; and
- receive detailed written feedback along with test results.
iMOAT allows universities to
- administer assessments before students arrive on campus;
- holistically score essays on hard copy or online;
- make essays and scores available online to students and their advisors;
- explore new possibilities for writing assessment and pedagogy.
iMOAT is intended only for assessment
and evaluation -- it would be inappropriate for high-stakes tests affecting
admission or graduation.
Future Developments
- Expansion of the group of participating universities for the summer
of 2003, with the objective of creating an ongoing, self-governing,
and self-funding consortium of colleges and universities using this
assessment tool.
- Creation of two ongoing entities
- Consortium of colleges & universities for policy & educational
issues
- Online Essay Evaluation Service for continuing implementation &
operation
Recent
article on iMOAT in MIT Tech Talk
Recent mention of
iMOAT in CNET News
Links to online assessment home pages at
Presentations
on iMOAT at the 2002 Conference on College Composition and Communication
in Chicago
Presentation at
the AAHE Assessment Conference 2003 in Seattle
Presentation at the Distance
Learning Conference in Madison
"Transforming
Assessment and Learning Using Online Tools" CCCC 2003 (Microsoft
Word Document)
For a more information, or a guided tour of the iMOAT system please contact
Chris Felknor at felknor@mit.edu.
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