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Peer reviewedSpencer, Ernest – Scottish Educational Review, 1981
Using data from the SCRE Criterion Test composition papers, the author tests the hypothesis that the bulk of inter-marker unreliability is caused by inter-marker inconsistency--which is not correctable statistically. He suggests that a shift to "consensus" standards will realize greater improvements than statistical standardizing alone.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Instruction, Essay Tests, Reliability
