A writing test is an assessment tool used to evaluate a person’s ability to express ideas clearly and effectively in written form. It includes open-ended questions that require candidates to produce original responses such as essays and short answers. Writing exams are commonly used in educational settings, language proficiency evaluations, and recruitment processes.
Creating a writing test involves defining its purpose, designing the test structure and tasks, and selecting appropriate evaluation methods.
A writing test is a type of assessment in which participants answer open-ended questions in a written format with their own sentences. The test consists of questions that require short answers, such as expressing a brief opinion or solving a problem, or long answers such as composing an essay.
A writing test evaluates a candidate’s ability to organize ideas, use correct language, and communicate effectively in a written form.
With TestInvite’s exam builder, you can create customized writing exams that suit a variety of needs. It allows you to design and customize the assessment structure, content, and evaluation to align with your objectives.
In TestInvite, a test is organized into sections and pages. This helps you design the flow and complexity of the assessment. Each section or each page can focus on a specific skill, writing format, or difficulty level. For example, you might start with a short-response section and follow it with a longer essay or a task-based scenario.
Within each page, you can directly add questions or browse from an existing question bank.
You can use short or long text question types based on your needs. The question editor is fully customizable. You can adjust a hint, prefix/suffix, alignment, character count, and width. You can also enforce rules, apply regex, and display custom error messages.
You can also add images, audio, video, and file attachments, lists, headings, formulas, and math inputs to your questions. A virtual keyboard is also available in multiple languages, including English, Turkish, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Hebrew.
You can control how participants navigate between sections. You can choose to allow full navigation, backward-only, or strict sequential flow. Page-level navigation is set separately within each section.
The platform automatically saves responses every 5 minutes, and participants can also manually save their answers to prevent data loss due to connection issues or while navigating through different questions.
Various evaluation methods are available, including quick scoring, rubric-based assessment, and AI-supported evaluation. Each method provides flexibility depending on the type of questions and the depth of analysis required.
For short, open-ended responses, quick evaluation can be achieved using automated text rules. These rules enable instant and objective scoring by defining specific conditions under which an answer is considered correct.
In the automation section, you can set rules such as:
Rubrics provide a structured, consistent, and transparent method for evaluating open-ended responses. In TestInvite, evaluators can use the rubric editor to customize scoring criteria and ensure fair assessment of subjective answers.
TestInvite supports multiple rubric formats:
Each rubric row defines a criterion.
Each criterion is assigned a weight, determining how much it influences the total score.
Final scores are calculated based on rubric selections and assigned weights.
AI-based evaluation tool can automate the assessment of open-ended answers using natural language processing. It can score essays, detect grammar issues, and even analyze content relevance or creativity.
TestInvite provides advanced tools to ensure a secure testing environment.
You can set a time limit for the entire test, as well as individual time limits for specific sections and pages.
You can enable screen recording to monitor the candidate’s screen activity. Screen recording captures the candidate's on-screen actions throughout the exam.
You can use a lockdown browser to secure the test environment by restricting access to other websites, applications, and system functions on the candidate’s device during the exam.
You can enable proctoring to monitor user activity. Proctoring uses webcams, microphones, and AI tools to observe and verify the candidate’s behavior in real time or via recorded sessions.
You can block copy-paste actions and prevent AI cheating. Disabling the copy-paste function prevents candidates from easily transferring exam content to unauthorized sources. Additionally, you can disable text selection, printing, and block the use of Google Translate.
You can set up access and authentication for each test by choosing between public access, invitation codes, or custom login methods like usernames, passwords, or PINs. Once the assessment is ready, you can register candidates individually or in bulk and send them customizable invitation emails.
You can use open-ended questions when you want to assess a person's ability to think critically, express ideas in their own words, use language effectively, and demonstrate depth of understanding, creativity, or reasoning.
