Holistic Evaluation of ESL Compositions: Can It Be Validated Objectively?.

Homburg, Taco Justus

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ERIC Number: EJ296916

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Holistic Evaluation of ESL Compositions: Can It Be Validated Objectively?

Homburg, Taco Justus

TESOL Quarterly, v18 n1 p87-107 Mar 1984

Discusses the relationship between subjective evaluation and objective measures of ESL writing proficiency. Objective measures used in this study accounted for 84 percent of the variance of subjective grades assigned to a sample of compositions. Author suggests that training readers can be important to the reliability and the validity of the holistic grading process. (SL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Holistic Evaluation, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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