Disentangling Severity and Centrality: Rater Effects in LLM-Based Automated Short-Answer Scoring

Xiaomeng Xiong, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Jinnie Shin


Abstract
Using the Facets Model for Severity and Centrality, we analyzed two human raters and 10 LLMs across four ASAP-SAS prompts. LLM centrality was task-dependent, and few-shot prompting reduced centrality inconsistently. Omitting scale-use differences altered severity estimates (r=.47), while MFRM fit diagnostics were harder to interpret in heterogeneous LLM rater pools.
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2026.aimecon-sessions.17
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Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Coordinated Session Papers
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October
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2026
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Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Joshua Wilson, Christopher Ormerod, Magdalen Beiting-Parrish
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AIME-Con
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National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
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164–179
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Xiaomeng Xiong, Corinne Huggins-Manley, and Jinnie Shin. 2026. Disentangling Severity and Centrality: Rater Effects in LLM-Based Automated Short-Answer Scoring. In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Coordinated Session Papers, pages 164–179, Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).
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