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Cantor, Nancy K.; Hoover, H. D. – 1986
This paper isolates and examines separately three distinct sources of error in essay scores: lack of agreement between raters; inconsistencies in performance within mode of discourse, and inconsistencies in performance between modes of discourse. Essay prompts in the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Writing Supplement were designed to assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cues, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
