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Peer reviewedBreland, Hunter M.; Jones, Robert J. – Written Communication, 1984
Examines the questions: (1) What criteria do raters use when making holistic judgments of brief, impromptu essays? and (2) Do raters judge such essays in the same way they think they do? (FL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation, Secondary Education
Breland, Hunter M.; Jones, Robert J. – 1982
Research was conducted into the specific characteristics of brief, impromptu essay writing. A random sample of 806 essays was taken from the more than 80,000 written for the College Board's English Composition Achievement Test (ECT) in 1979. Using a special taxonomy of 20 writing characteristics, these essays were subjected to a second reading in…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Holistic Evaluation
