Benefits of Using Writing Planet

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1 Cloud-based writing assessment and skills development Urban Planet is a trademark of Urban Planet Mobile. === Writing Planet is a trademark of Measurement Planet, LLC. Measurement Planet, LLC, is a joint venture between Urban Planet Mobile and Measurement Incorporated.

2 Writing Planet is the only web-based writing tool specifically designed with the English language learner in mind. Through instant and accurate writing assessment and skills practice, Writing Planet gives students more writing practice and allows teachers to spend less time grading and more time teaching. Benefits of Writing Planet: Designed by ELT Teachers for ELT Teachers With over 50 video tutorials and 200 writing topics built and designed by English language experts, Writing Planet is the only writing tool with built-in writing assessment designed specifically for English language training. World s most accurate essay scoring engine Project Essay Grade, the technology at the heart of Writing Planet, is the most accurate essay scoring technology in the world with agreement rates near 97%. Instant and accurate feedback Students receive instant feedback on 6 major traits covering 300 metrics to evaluate both the correctness and the effectiveness of their writing. Teacher portal with reports and feedback tools Teachers can provide comments and feedback on student writing, post writing assignments and assign video lessons and exercises. Track student progress, see a snapshot of the entire class or view score reports for specific writing traits across all student essays. Student revisions and multiple-draft functions for process-based writing Teacher-created writing topics for more flexible and personalized teaching and learning Video lessons subtitled for Japanese and Spanish speakers to build reading and listening and comprehension skills Menus, feedback and writing topics available in many languages including Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese, Japanese and Mandarin

3 Writing Planet and PEG : Essay-scoring Technology that works Scientifically Proven Writing Planet is the only program built for English language learners equipped with Project Essay Grade (PEG). PEG is an automated essay scoring solution based on more than 40 years of research by Dr. Ellis Batten Page, whose pioneering work in the fields of artificial intelligence, computational linguistics and natural language processing has distinguished him as the father of computer-based essay scoring. PEG utilizes a set of human-scored training essays to build a model with which to assess the writing. PEG analyzes the training essays and calculates more than 500 features that reflect the intrinsic characteristics of writing, such as fluency, diction, grammar, and construction. PEG uses these calculations to build statistical and linguistic models for the accurate prediction of essay scores, holistically or by trait. Highly Effective PEG produces over 6 million scores worldwide every year. PEG is the only software in the world used for high-stakes summative assessment. Since 2009, PEG has been the sole scoring method for the State of Utah s statewide summative Direct Writing Assessment in Grades 5 and 8 scoring more than 86,000 writing responses per year. A recent study showed that 80% of students completing revisions of the same essay with the automated PEG feedback demonstrated statistically significant improvements in each of the six traits. (Source: CBAS Writing Research, 2012) Extremely Accurate In 2012, PEG participated in two separate Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP) competitions. The results of that study showed PEG achieved the highest agreement index of the nine participating scoring engines. Experts compared the results from each vendor to scores previously given to the same essays by trained human readers. They also computed agreement indices for pairs of human readers. Five vendors (PEG and vendors A D) had higher agreement indices than human readers had with each other (as shown by the dashed line at 0.75). Judges for the competition determined that PEG is the most capable scoring system available to help teachers accurately score student written responses. Project Essay Grade and PEG are trademarks of Measurement Incorporated.

4 Learning to write is a process. It takes both knowledge and strong skills to become a better writer. 1. Write. Practice writing on a wide range of subjects covering multiple writing styles, including: narrative, descriptive, expository, critical thinking, and persuasive writing. 2. Feedback. Students receive in-depth feedback on their writing in seconds for real-time self-assessment. Automated feedback accelerates the grading process for teachers so that they can focus on writing quality and content. 3. Learn. Lessons and tutorials are automatically recommended based on areas of weakness to accelerate writing skills development and sharpen the learning curve. 4. Revise. Write multiple drafts of the same essay and watch writing scores improve. Practice makes perfect.

5 instant feedback Writing Planet Benefits for Students Accurate and immediate feedback in the 6 major traits of writing: organization, conventions, sentence structure, development of ideas, word choice and style. Easy-to-understand feedback uncovers areas of weakness in student writing by linking directly to video lessons and tutorials to encourage skills development. Track personal progress with the student activity feed. All scores and feedback reports are saved in the student portal for easy access to your writing history. Easily revise your essay and complete multiple drafts of the same essay to improve your writing skills. Improving Student outcomes. When I first began using Writing Planet, I was an average writer scoring 15 out of 30 on my writing practice. After one week of using Writing Planet my average scores improved to 20. During my third week, I scored a personal best of 23. I was amazed to see my own writing scores improve by over 50% in just 3 weeks! In the beginning it was a challenge for me to write an essay with 140 words. Writing Planet has given me confidence to write longer and more complex essays because I know I am using words correctly and forming correct sentences. -Dinorah, BA student, Mexico less time spent grading essays Writing Planet Benefits for Teachers Spend less time grading essays and more time teaching with accurate automated essay scoring. Custom-design writing topics to fit your curriculum needs and the needs of your students. Choose from over 200 writing topics or design your own, linking them to the automated scoring in Writing Planet. Provide additional teacher comments and feedback on student writing assignments for in-depth teacher-tostudent collaboration. View writing reports, class performance snapshots, download your student and class reports, and more. Robust reporting and feedback features allow for truly formative assessment and accelerated learning. Empowering teachers to help their students. My students truly appreciate Writing Planet. I can feel that they're even more motivated and have been taking more risks when it comes to the way they organize and convey their ideas. The fact that someone else is involved in their assignment correction boosts them to go the extra mile. -Juliana, English teacher, Brazil

6 more effective and efficient tools for teachers and students Writing Planet Benefits for Administrators By introducing Writing Planet to your school or department, you are taking an important step in the evolution of your institution. Students know that you value writing as an important part of their education by providing the tools for success in the classroom and beyond. Teachers see that you value their work and expertise by investing in better technology tools for the classroom. Writing Planet decreases teachers workloads while increasing their effectiveness, saving countless hours of grading and assessing student writing. "Writing Planet has been working out really well for us. It has definitely allowed us to focus on the speaking/listening side of things in class without worrying as much about the writing component. I have included Writing Planet as a part of our ESL curriculum for the Fall term." -Bridget, University ESL Coordinator, United States Get started today. Visit live.writingplanet.net and click on 'Sign up now'. Contact us: writingplanet@up-me.com