Partial Credit Analysis of Writing Ability.

De Ayala, R. J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ425138

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Partial Credit Analysis of Writing Ability.

De Ayala, R. J.; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v51 n1 p103-14 Spr 1991

To investigate the effect on item parameter estimation of pooling the raters' ratings and to examine the information content of 2 types of writing samples, the partial credit model was fit to 2,000 writing samples from secondary students that had been holistically scored. Implications for test construction are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Graphs, Holistic Evaluation, Mathematical Models, Scoring, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Test Construction, Writing Ability, Writing Evaluation

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Language: English

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