ETS Technologies Automated Essay Scoring Will Be Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Online Learning Portal for U.S. Army.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---July 24, 2001 ETS ETS Educational Testing Service (nonprofit private educational testing and measurement organization) ETS Emergency Telecommunications Service ETS Electronic Trading System ETS Engineering (&) Technical Services Technologies, Inc. announced today that its e-rater(TM) automated essay scoring technology will be used within PricewaterhouseCoopers' online learning portal that provides U.S. Army soldiers convenient and easy access to higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. degrees and advanced training certifications. The e-rater technology will provide online assessment of soldiers' writing skills for those soldiers seeking higher education via the Army University Access Online program called eArmyU. Soldiers demonstrate their writing proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence by writing an essay online before enrolling in distance-learning courses, and essays are scored by e-rater using a set of nationally defined writing standards. Scores are returned to soldiers and counselors within seconds. "We're delighted to be providing writing assessment and automated scoring services to the eArmyU program." said Richard Swartz, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ETS Technologies. "This use of e-rater is an illustration of the power of technology applied to create learning opportunities." EArmyU delivers educational opportunities to soldiers anywhere, any time and brings together an unprecedented collaboration of colleges and universities offering soldiers more than 60 degree programs from 24 educational institutions. The program provides enrolled Army men and women with a comprehensive technology package, including laptop computer, printer, Internet connection and software. The eArmyU program is now offered at three U.S. Army posts and is expected to offer online courses to an estimated 80,000 soldiers over the next five years. "We are pleased to have ETS Technologies as our online essay assessment provider for eArmyU," said Jill Kidwell, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner." If soldiers know how well their writing measures up to a national standard within seconds, this allows them and their counselors to make informed choices about courses quickly." About PricewaterhouseCoopers The Management Consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers helps clients maximize their business performance by integrating strategic change, process improvements and technology solutions. Through a worldwide network of skills and resources, consultants manage complex projects with global capabilities and local knowledge, from strategy through implementation. PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organization. About ETS Technologies ETS Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Educational Testing Service The Educational Testing Service (or ETS) is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $1.1 billion on a proforma basis in 2007. . Established in May 2000, ETS Technologies, Inc. was formed to advance ETS's many technological innovations in the field of assessment. Its goal is to identify, develop, and deploy innovative technologies in support of online learning and assessment applications. Through ongoing, scientifically based research Scientifically based research or SBR is the required standard in professional development and the foundation of academic instruction under the guidelines of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).[1] References 1. , ETS Technologies (www.etstechnologies.com) aims to expand and improve educational opportunities by harnessing proven technologies in the service of learning. E-rater is the groundbreaking automated essay scoring system Noun 1. scoring system - a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount rating system classification system - a system for classifying things developed at Educational Testing Service (ETS), the parent company of ETS Technologies, Inc. The technology uses natural language processing Natural language processing Computer analysis and generation of natural language text. The goal is to enable natural languages, such as English, French, or Japanese, to serve either as the medium through which users interact with computer systems such as , a sub-field of artificial intelligence, and is designed to analyze essays based on writing features specified in holistic scoring rubrics. Highly effective and accurate, e-rater provides one of the two scores for essays in the Graduate Management Admission Test Analytical Writing Assessment. The agreement rate between e-rater and expert faculty GMAT GMAT abbr. 1. Graduate Management Admission Test 2. Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time GMAT n abbr (US) (= Graduate Management Admissions Test) → readers consistently exceeds 98 percent. |
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