Monday, March 19, 2012

New Rubric: Common Core Explanatory / Informative Writing (9-10) rubric

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The first of many rubrics distilled from the Common Core State Standards. Update 9/21/12: In the six months since this post was origina...
Friday, March 2, 2012

New Rubric: "They Say, I Say"

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One of our first demo rubrics is now available for anyone to use in their own EssayTagger assignments! Gerald Graff was one of my profe...

New Rubric: Four-Strand/Four-Level

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From what I'm told, the Four-Strand/Four-Level rubric is fairly common in Washington schools. I've adapted it for use in EssayTagger...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Changing how we think about rubrics

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Traditional rubrics are too general and macroscopic to help students. The future is specificity. And it's here. Sharing rubrics is a ...

Latest Update: Rubric sharing and rubric import!

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Instructions for using our new rubric sharing and rubric import features! You can -- and should -- share your EssayTagger rubrics with yo...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Accountability and Incentives: A Cautionary Tale, pt1

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Introduction I understand the rationale behind the push for ever-increasing teacher accountability -- it's natural to want to insur...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Latest Updates: Going global + enhanced security for student info

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We are now global!  Everyone on the planet can now grade essays faster and more efficiently! Users from anywhere in the world can regist...
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Keith Mukai, M.Ed., is a certified high school English teacher who had a previous 9-year career in Java programming and database design at various Silicon Valley startups. He is the Founder and CEO of EssayTagger.com, an innovative web-based tool to help teachers grade essays faster. Keith's education spans from Princeton to UCLA to the U of IL at Chicago. Keith is also a high school gymnastics coach and a professional photographer.
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