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Sykes, Barbara – CORE, 1979
Problems in grading and evaluating English compositions are discussed. Factors include methods of marking, reliability, prediction, characteristics of markers, and handwriting. The effect of time passage on evaluation criteria was determined by comparing essays written in 1922 with new ones written on the same topic (f=fiche number). (MH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Essays, Evaluation Criteria, Factor Structure
