Reliability and Decision Consistency: An Analysis of Writing Mode at Two Times on a Statewide Test.

Hollenbeck, Keith; Tindal, Gerald; Almond, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ596277

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Reliability and Decision Consistency: An Analysis of Writing Mode at Two Times on a Statewide Test.

Hollenbeck, Keith; Tindal, Gerald; Almond, Patricia

Educational Assessment, v6 n1 p23-40 1999

Studied the amount of measurement error in a state's performance-based writing task as it relates to high-stakes decision reproducibility. Using 175 eighth-grade writing samples, the study finds moderate correlations between the two raters' scores, with significant differences for the rates for the handwritten, but not the typed, essays.(SLD)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Error of Measurement, Essay Tests, Grade 8, Handwriting, Interrater Reliability, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Reliability, State Programs, Test Format, Testing Programs, Writing Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement though the Oregon Department of Education.