Piotr Mitros

The purpose of this project is to create a generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) enhanced authoring tool for scenario-based assessments (SBAs). SBAs place knowledge and skills into a scenario or practical context so that test-takers can be both observers of and active participants in their own performance, building on a body of IES funded investments in developing and validating SBAs.  This creates the opportunity for a reflective, metacognitive, and self-regulatory loop that enables ...

The research team will develop and validate an open-source, digital formative writing assessment dashboard for middle school language arts classrooms, exploiting advances in  automated writing evaluation and writing process analysis to identify actionable metrics that teachers can use to identify next steps in instruction. Current literature indicates that writing instruction is most effective when teachers use formative assessment techniques to track student performance while the students ...