Pearson’s Intelligent Essay AssessorTM (IEA) is an Internet-based tool for automatically scoring the quality
of electronically submitted essays. Essays are measured using Pearson’s state-of-the-art Knowledge
Analysis TechnologiesTM (KAT) engine, which automatically evaluates the meaning of text, not just
grammar, style and mechanics. What’s more IEA can also evaluate short constructed responses. In tests
over thousands of constructed responses, the Intelligent Essay Assessor has proven as reliable as
professional human scorers.