Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ586136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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What's Wrong at E.T.S.? Insider's View of Grading A.P. Government Essays.
Miller, Jeff
College Teaching, v47 n1 p2-7 Win 1999
A college faculty member who has graded Advanced Placement exam essays on U.S. government and politics, taken mostly by high school juniors and seniors, suggests that high school teachers and college faculty who assess the essays are not the best qualified persons to do so and that despite efforts to ensure consistency, the resulting scores are not reliable. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Instruction, Essays, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability, Political Science, Scoring, Standardized Tests, Test Reliability, Testing Problems, Testing Programs, United States Government (Course), Writing Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB)
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