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Direct linkBrown, Gavin T. L.; Glasswell, Kath; Harland, Don – Assessing Writing, 2004
Accuracy in the scoring of writing is critical if standardized tasks are to be used in a national assessment scheme. Three approaches to establishing accuracy (i.e., consensus, consistency, and measurement) exist and commonly large-scale assessment programs of primary school writing demonstrate adjacent agreement consensus rates of between 80% and…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
Peer reviewedZimmerman, Enid – Visual Arts Research, 1994
Discusses issues related to standardized testing and a national art curriculum. Maintains that cultural diversity among students makes valid and fair assessment difficult. Argues that teachers should be trained in the use of authentic assessment methods. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Fair Tests
