The Reliability of an Essay Test in English

Traxler, Arthur E.; Anderson, Harold A.

doi:10.1086/439825

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“…In writing a theme, however, the candidate who makes a false start almost inevitably involves his whole theme in difficulties even though he may be, generally speaking, a good writer" (p. 9). Traxler and Anderson (1935), in a study of two highly structured two-hour essays, obtained a test-retest alternate forms reliability of only .60, which tends to support the Noyes et al position. Longer, highly structured direct assessments usually result in the highest reliabilities.…”

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