Beyond Agreement: Operational Monitoring of K–12 Automated Scoring

Jing Ma, Edward W Wolfe, Anthony D Fina


Abstract
This study compares automated and human scores with expert/backread scores for writing, reading, and science tasks in a K-12 assessment program. Analyses examine discrepancies by score level and reused prompts across administrations. Automated scores showed smaller discrepancies for writing but larger discrepancies for short-answer tasks; reused prompts revealed localized shifts.
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2026.aimecon-sessions.3
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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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23–30
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https://aclanthology.org/2026.aimecon-sessions.3/
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Jing Ma, Edward W Wolfe, and Anthony D Fina. 2026. Beyond Agreement: Operational Monitoring of K–12 Automated Scoring. In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Coordinated Session Papers, pages 23–30, Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME).
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Beyond Agreement: Operational Monitoring of K–12 Automated Scoring (Ma et al., AIME-Con 2026)
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