The GED essay is scored holistically on a six-point scale by two independent readers¶

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Currency · newest study 1987 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? The 1988 GED writing skills test essay is scored by highly trained readers using a six-point holistic scale, with two independent readers and a third reader when scores differ by more than one point. → Coombs 1987

Evidence¶

Coombs 1987¶

Coombs, Lucinda H. (1987). The GED Writing Skills Test Essay Teacher Training Manual. Maine Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services / University of Maine. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED324536

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The manual describes the scoring procedure for the 1988 GED essay as printed in its introduction: holistic scoring on a six-point scale, two independent readers, and a third reader when scores differ by more than one point. No reliability statistics are reported.

"The essay will be scored by highly trained readers who will use a six-point holistic scoring scale. The essaywill be read independently by two readers, and if there is a difference oZ more than one pant, a third reader will readthat piece."

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