Reading without Seeing: The Process of Holistic Scoring.

Buley-Meissner, Mary Louise

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Publication Date: 1992

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Reading without Seeing: The Process of Holistic Scoring.

Buley-Meissner, Mary Louise

Writing on the Edge, v4 n1 p51-65 Fall 1992

Argues that holistic scoring requires evaluators to suppress their interpretive judgment and treat students' writing differently than in any other situation, based on an analysis of videotaped reader-training sessions for an English Proficiency Essay Exam. (NH)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Writing Evaluation, Writing Research

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: English Proficiency Test

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