Investigating first-language bias in LLM-based automated essay scoring: A cross-prompt evaluation of an open-weight AI-model on TOEFL essays
arXiv:2607.14605v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This study examines the cross-prompt generalization and first-language (L1) scoring effects of a LoRA-adapted open-weight large language model (Gemma-3-27B-it) applied to automated essay scoring. Using the identical model and inference configuration reported in "AiAWE: An Open-Source LLM Automated Writing Evaluation System Using LoRA-Adapted Instruction-Tuned Models" (Gayed, 2026), which was fine-tuned on 480 argumentative essays from two prompts
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Published: 17 July 2026
Source: arXiv cs.CY
Category: Research
Topics: Bias & fairness · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 17 July 2026
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