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Purpose and Audience in Writing: A Study of Uses of the Primary Trait System in Writing Instruction.
Download full textHoldzkom, David; And Others – 1983
The Primary Trait System (PTS) of scoring was devised by the National Assessment of Educational Progress to score large numbers of natural writing samples. Essentially, PTS permits evaluation of writing in an objective way, but one that does not rely on scoring surface features such as mechanics, grammar, or spelling. While the assessment value of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation
