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Download full textWolfe, Edward W.; Kao, Chi-Wen – 1996
This paper reports the results of an analysis of the relationship between scorer behaviors and score variability. Thirty-six essay scorers were interviewed and asked to perform a think-aloud task as they scored 24 essays. Each comment made by a scorer was coded according to its content focus (i.e. appearance, assignment, mechanics, communication,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Assessment, Essays, Evaluation Methods
Kaplan, Bruce A.; Johnson, Eugene G. – 1992
Across the field of educational assessment the case has been made for alternatives to the multiple-choice item type. Most of the alternative types of items require a subjective evaluation by a rater. The reliability of this subjective rating is a key component of these types of alternative items. In this paper, measures of reliability are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluators
