The National Council of Teachers of English issued which of the following statements about using computers to evaluate student writing?
◦ Software programs over-emphasize surface features while failing to honor the qualities that make writing creative and expressive.
◦ Teachers should use machine scoring of student writing rather than portfolios or other performance evaluation methods.
◦ Computer scoring should be used in conjunction with teacher evaluation to provide a more balanced assessment of student writing.
◦ Digital grading is an effective and efficient way to provide students and families with a numerical picture of student writing proficiency.
