ERIC Number: EJ1240897
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 17
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"Digging for Gold" or "Sticking to the Criteria": Teachers' Rationales When Serving as Professional Raters
Jølle, Lennart; Skar, Gustaf B.
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v64 n2 p283-299 2020
This paper reports findings from a project called "The National Panel of Raters" (NPR) that took place within a writing test programme in Norway (2010-2016). A recent research project found individual differences between the raters in the NPR. This paper reports results from an explorative follow up-study where 63 NPR members were surveyed with 23 items that were dilemma-like in the sense that deviating from the NPR rules would follow another--but socially acceptable--rationale. Four NPR members participated in a follow-up interview in which they motivated why they had agreed or disagreed with certain items. The results indicate two distinctly different stances toward rating work, with one stance threatening the validity of the scoring process.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Validity, Scoring, Program Descriptions, Writing Tests, Individual Differences, Evaluators, Item Analysis, Writing Evaluation, Test Items, Formative Evaluation, Norwegian, Language Teachers, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Test Construction, Scores, Teacher Attitudes, Workshops, Faculty Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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