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Overview Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is an internet-based instructional tool that enables students to learn by writing. In the CPR assignments students are required to write an essay on a specific topic and submit it electronically. After submission, each student is required to read and assign a score to three "calibration essays." The calibrations include a high quality essay, a mid-quality essay and a low quality essay. Once students demonstrate that they are competent reviewers, they are required to read and assign scores to three anonymous essays written by other students in the course. Lastly, they review their own essay. Each step of the CPR process is worth a portion of the total CPR assignment grade, which is automatically computed by the CPR software.  The use of CPR can improve the writing of students in a variety of ways. It demonstrates-through the use of a writing prompt and specific guiding questions-that writing is a systematic process. Through the use of calibration reviews and anonymous reviews, it shows students how to effectively critique the writing of others. Finally, because three students read each student-written essay, the exercise provides much more feedback than an assignment simply submitted to the instructor for review.    How to Get Started   View the Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) Links shown on the left.