Advancing Natural Language Processing in Educational Assessment examines the use of natural language technology in educational testing measurement and assessment. Recent developments in natural language processing (NLP) have enabled large-scale educational applications though scholars and professionals may lack a shared understanding of the strengths and limitations of NLP in assessment as well as the challenges that testing organizations face in implementation. This first-of-its-kind book provides evidence-based practices for the use of NLP-based approaches to automated text and speech scoring language proficiency assessment technology-assisted item generation gamification learner feedback and beyond. Spanning historical context validity and fairness issues emerging technologies and implications for feedback and personalization these chapters represent the most robust treatment yet about NLP for education measurement researchers psychometricians testing professionals and policymakers. The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.|Advancing Natural Language Processing in Educational Assessment | Education
