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Effects of Rating Criteria Order on the Halo Effect in L2 Writing Assessment: A Many-Facet Rasch Measurement Analysis
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Kim, Hyunwoo – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
The halo effect is raters' undesirable tendency to assign more similar ratings across rating criteria than they should. The impacts of the halo effect on ratings have been studied in rater-mediated L2 writing assessment. Little is known, however, about the extent to which rating criteria order in analytic rating scales is associated with the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Writing Evaluation, Second Languages, Item Response Theory
Examining Consistency among Different Rubrics for Assessing Writing
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Shabani, Enayat A.; Panahi, Jaleh – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
The literature on using scoring rubrics in writing assessment denotes the significance of rubrics as practical and useful means to assess the quality of writing tasks. This study tries to investigate the agreement among rubrics endorsed and used for assessing the essay writing tasks by the internationally recognized tests of English language…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Scoring Rubrics, Scores, Interrater Reliability
Analyzing Rater Severity in a Freshman Composition Course Using Many Facet Rasch Measurement
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Erguvan, Inan Deniz; Aksu Dunya, Beyza – Language Testing in Asia, 2020
This study examined the rater severity of instructors using a multi-trait rubric in a freshman composition course offered in a private university in Kuwait. Use of standardized multi-trait rubrics is a recent development in this course and student feedback and anchor papers provided by instructors for each essay exam necessitated the assessment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Writing Evaluation
Developing a Scoring Rubric for L2 Summary Writing: A Hybrid Approach Combining Analytic and Holistic Assessment
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Yamanishi, Hiroyuki; Ono, Masumi; Hijikata, Yuko – Language Testing in Asia, 2019
Background: In our research project, we have developed a scoring rubric for a second language (L2) summary writing for English as a foreign language (EFL) students in Japanese universities. This study aimed to examine the applicability of our five-dimensional rubric, which features both analytic and holistic assessments, to classrooms in the EFL…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Language Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Rubrics in the Classroom: Do Teachers Really Follow Them?
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Jeong, Heejeong – Language Testing in Asia, 2015
Background: For language teachers, using rubrics has become the norm in assessing performance-based work. When using rubrics, one question stakeholders have is to what extent teachers are true to the rubrics. For classroom teachers, the correct use of rubrics is crucial. Rater training and rater calibration are not commonly offered to…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Rubric-Referenced Oral Production Assessments: Perceptions on the Use and Actual Use of Rubrics in Oral Production Assessments of High School Students of St. Scholastica's College, Manila
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Lim, Jonna Marie A. – Language Testing in Asia, 2013
Rubrics have been widely recognized by writing teachers for its efficiency in facilitating grading and its potential to be instructive. However, its use and value in oral production assessments still remain to be proven. Thus, this qualitative study was designed to explore the students' perceived uses of rubrics and their actual use of rubrics in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Writing Evaluation, Scoring Rubrics