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Swartz, Richard; And Others – 1985
In preparation for adding an essay test to the General Educational Development (GED) test, the GED Testing Service undertook a series of studies to establish (1) whether acceptable reading reliabilities were attainable in decentralized holistic scoring sessions often involving no more than a dozen papers; (2) whether essay readers in a variety of…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Scoring, Test Reliability
Download full textSireci, Stephen G.; Rizavi, Saba – 2000
Although computer-based testing is becoming popular, many of these tests are limited to the use of selected-response item formats due to the difficulty in mechanically scoring constructed-response items. This limitation is unfortunate because many constructs, such as writing proficiency, can be measured more directly using items that require…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Essay Tests
Russell, Michael; Plati, Tom – 2000
The studies reported here focus on the effects of mode of administration of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) in grades 4, 8, and 10. These studies, which draw on earlier studies, also examine the mode of administration effect at different levels of keyboarding speed and for students who received special education (SPED)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Engelhard, George, Jr.; Myford, Carol M. – College Board, 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine, describe, evaluate, and compare the rating behavior of faculty consultants who scored essays written for the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (AP® ELC) Exam. Data from the 1999 AP ELC Exam were analyzed using FACETS (Linacre, 1998) and SAS. The faculty consultants were not all…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Faculty, Consultants, Scoring
Gearhart, Maryl; Novak, John R.; Herman, Joan L. – 1994
Technical questions regarding the reliability and validity of large-scale portfolio assessment were studied which focused on: (1) whether raters can score collections of writing reliably with rubrics designed for single samples; (2) whether ratings derived from different frameworks differ in their capacities to support technically sound…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Essay Tests
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1993
An essay to test writing skill has been administered to North Carolina sixth and eighth graders for 10 years. In 1992-93, fourth graders were also tested. Each year compositions are graded by readers trained to apply a uniform set of criteria to the essays. Composition criteria are main ideas, supporting detail, organization, and coherence. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Essay Tests
Matter, M. Kevin; And Others – 1992
In the spring of 1992, all students in the elementary schools and middle schools of the Cherry Creek Schools (Colorado) participated in Read-On Write-On (ROWO). A random sample of 20 percent of the 3,542 papers from grades 1-8) from each school was collected and sent to the Assessment and Evaluation Office for scoring. Each paper (above grade 1)…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Black Students, Child Development, Elementary Education
