@inproceedings{mirabella-brunato-2025-exploring,
    title = "Exploring {LLM}-Based Assessment of {I}talian Middle School Writing: A Pilot Study",
    author = "Mirabella, Adriana  and
      Brunato, Dominique",
    editor = {Kochmar, Ekaterina  and
      Alhafni, Bashar  and
      Bexte, Marie  and
      Burstein, Jill  and
      Horbach, Andrea  and
      Laarmann-Quante, Ronja  and
      Tack, Ana{\"i}s  and
      Yaneva, Victoria  and
      Yuan, Zheng},
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2025)",
    month = jul,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Vienna, Austria",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/landing_page/2025.bea-1.51/",
    pages = "708--715",
    ISBN = "979-8-89176-270-1",
    abstract = "This study investigates the use of ChatGPT for Automated Essay Scoring (AES) in assessing Italian middle school students' written texts. Using rubrics targeting grammar, coherence and argumentation, we compare AI-generated feedback with that of a human teacher on a newly collected corpus of students' essays. Despite some differences, ChatGPT provided detailed and timely feedback that complements the teacher{'}s role. These findings underscore the potential of generative AI to improve the assessment of writing, providing useful insights for educators and supporting students in developing their writing skills."
}