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Direct linkSchaefer, Edward – Language Testing, 2008
The present study employed multi-faceted Rasch measurement (MFRM) to explore the rater bias patterns of native English-speaker (NES) raters when they rate EFL essays. Forty NES raters rated 40 essays written by female Japanese university students on a single topic adapted from the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). The essays were assessed using…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Program Effectiveness, Essays
