Paul D. Deane
Paul Deane, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist in Research and Development, Educational
Testing Service (ETS); Princeton, New Jersey; [email protected]. Dr. Deane’s current
research interests include automated essay scoring, vocabulary assessment, and cognitive
models of writing skill. During his career at ETS he has worked on a variety of natural
language processing and assessment projects, including automated item generation, tools
to support verbal test development, scoring of collocation errors, reading and vocabulary
assessment, and automated essay scoring. His work currently focuses on the development
and scoring of writing assessments for the ETS research initiative, Cognitively Based
Assessments for Learning.