Decentralized Large Scale Essay Scoring [microform] : Methods for Establishing and Evaluating Score Scale Stability and Reading Reliability / Joan Chikos Auchter and Wayne Patience.

The methods used by the General Educational Development Testing Service (GEDTS) to establish and maintain score stability and reading reliability on its direct assessment of writing are described. Using the 1988 site certification and monitoring results of several scoring sites, the focus is on desc...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Auchter, Joan Chikos
Other Authors:	Patience, Wayne
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989.
Subjects:	Decentralization. Equivalency Tests. Essay Tests. Evaluators. High School Equivalency Programs. Holistic Evaluation. Interrater Reliability. Performance Based Assessment. Scoring. Secondary Education. Testing Problems. Testing Programs. Writing (Composition) Writing Evaluation.