The Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service, distributed by leading educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, today announced the launch of version 9.1 of its web-based application. The new version includes an innovative communication feature that enables parents and teachers to collaborate to improve students' writing skills, as well as an extended bilingual writing handbook library that includes Japanese-English and Korean-English editions.
The Criterion service, developed by the Educational Testing Service and distributed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, helps students plan, write and revise essays and provides instant score reports and diagnostic feedback to students and teachers for holistic instruction.
Criterion version 9.1 includes a parent communication feature that allows teachers to send students' essays and reports, annotated with comments and feedback, to fellow teachers, administrators and parents directly from the Criterion service, providing them with accurate, up-to-date information on student performance. Additionally, version 9.1 includes new Japanese-English and Korean-English Writer's Handbooks complete with essay samples and essential writing tips. The Criterion collection already contains seven Writer's Handbooks, including two additional bilingual editions in Spanish-English and Simplified Chinese-English.
"Our students are writing more, teachers are coaching more effectively and our writing program is experiencing ongoing progress with the use of the online Criterion program," said Kathy Richter, an English teacher at Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Indiana.
To learn more about the Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service, visit www.riversidepublishing.com.
Monday, August 31, 2009
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