Automated Extended Essay Grading Software (AEEGS)¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 associational),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A web-based application developed by Olaoye DD et al. that uses contextual similarity to score senior-secondary Economics extended essay responses against examiner-supplied questions and marking schemes.
Components¶
Claims¶
- AEEGS scores show high absolute agreement with 12 human expert raters' scores on mathematical Economics essay items (average-measures ICC = 0.863) [+M]
- The AEEGS software demonstrated internal consistency of Cronbach alpha 0.86 in trial testing and was validated for face and content validity by three software experts [+M]
- Each of the 12 human raters' scores correlates significantly with AEEGS scores, with coefficients ranging from 0.604 to 0.864 [+W]
- AEEGS and human raters produced similarly shaped score distributions, with most students' scores clustered around the mean in the 'good' band [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Olaoye DD, Owolabi HO and Olaoye OT (2026). Automated software scoring of senior school certificate examination mathematical items in economics using a contextual similarity model. Front. Educ. 11:1669504. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1669504
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Automated Extended Essay Grading Software (AEEGS) |
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A web-based application developed by Olaoye DD et al. |
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