Essays are a pivotal component of conventional exams; accurately, efficiently, and effectively grading them is significant challenge for educators. Automated essay scoring (AES) complex task that utilizes computer technology to assist teachers in scoring. Traditional AES techniques only focus on shallow linguistic features based the criteria, ignoring influence deep semantic features. The model...

OBJECTIVE The Cutaneous Assessment Tool (CAT) is a comprehensive, semiquantitative tool for the assessment of skin disease in juvenile dermatomyositis (DM). The goal of this study was to determine whether alternative scoring methods would shorten the CAT without compromising its measurement characteristics. METHODS A total of 113 children with juvenile DM were assessed at baseline; 94 were as...

The Modified Six Elements Test (MSET) assesses several executive functions. We examined whether an adapted scoring method is appropriate for discriminating between brain-injured persons with and without executive deficits. A MSET was administered to 70 participants with acquired brain injury in the chronic phase. The group was divided into individuals with and without executive impairments base...