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Braungart-Bloom, Diane S. – 1984
The current New Jersey high school graduation law requires that students pass a ninth grade test in reading, writing, and mathematics. Equating the writing test from year to year to be sure that passing scores remain identical, regardless of the test form administered, requires developing a scoring technique. A research study was developed based…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Equated Scores, Grade 9, Graduation Requirements
Braungart-Bloom, Diane S. – 1986
The research described in this paper examines the relationship between raters and the training raters receive to apply that rating. The primary concern is maintaining scoring consistency within the context of raters' perceptions. If the criteria for holistic and/or analytic scoring can be recognized as communication based, rather than topic based,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Holistic Evaluation, Interrater Reliability, Judges
Braungart-Bloom, Diane S. – 1986
This paper reports on the New Jersey State Department of Education's research process for developing a scoring rubric that assesses test objectives and higher order thinking skills through writing. New Jersey's statewide assessment program includes a written essay portion to test students' ability to write on a given topic and communicate an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Critical Thinking, Data Collection
