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Beyond Score Prediction: LLM-Based Essay Scoring and Feedback Generation via Reinforcement Learning with Rubric Rewards

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TL;DR - RLAES uses reinforcement learning with rubric-based rewards to jointly improve automated essay scoring and feedback generation. It achieves leading LLM-based scoring results on ASAP while preserving feedback quality.

  • RFE evaluates feedback using 166 fine-grained binary rubric items and an LLM judge.
  • AGFO activates feedback rewards selectively, reducing evaluation overhead during RL.
  • Adjacent Contrastive Reasoning improves calibration between neighboring score levels.
  • RLAES-AGFO reaches 0.803 QWK on ASAP with feedback quality comparable to GPT-5.5.

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Beyond Score Prediction: LLM-Based Essay Scoring and Feedback Generation via Reinforcement Learning with Rubric Rewards

arXiv cs.CL Xuefeng Jin, Jiashuo Zhang, Teng Cao, Bin Yang 2026-07-21 arXiv:2607.19219
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TL;DR - RLAES uses reinforcement learning with rubric-based rewards to jointly improve automated essay scoring and feedback generation. It achieves leading LLM-based scoring results on ASAP while preserving feedback quality.

  • RFE evaluates feedback using 166 fine-grained binary rubric items and an LLM judge.
  • AGFO activates feedback rewards selectively, reducing evaluation overhead during RL.
  • Adjacent Contrastive Reasoning improves calibration between neighboring score levels.
  • RLAES-AGFO reaches 0.803 QWK on ASAP with feedback quality comparable to GPT-5.5.
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