Early holistic scoring of writing : a theory, a history, a reflection / Richard Haswell, Norbert Elliot.
| Author/creator | Haswell, Richard H. author. |
| Other author | Elliot, Norbert, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Louisville, Colorado : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | JSTOR |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Nine maps -- Two premises -- Holistic scoring and Great Britain, 1936-1949 -- Great Britain after 1949 -- Paul Diederich and advanced placement holistic scoring, 1954-1980 -- Osmond Palmer, Fred Godshalk, and the English composition test, 1960-1972 -- California schools, 1960-1982 -- Independent researchers, 1960-1980, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1969-1984 -- What does a score mean? -- Reconsiderations. |
| Abstract | ""During the educational accountability movement of the 1980s/1990s, holistic scoring became known as the fairest and most efficient ways to assess writing performance. Addressing the history of holistic assessment in the UK and US (1930s to mid- 1980s) they conceptualize reinterpreting the history while re-envisioning its future"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Haswell, Richard H. Early holistic scoring of writing. Logan : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2019] 9781607329114 |
| LCCN | 2019030048 |
| ISBN | 1607329123 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781607329121 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvqhpdn0 JSTOR |