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ERIC Number: EJ405390
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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On the Reliability and Validity of Holistic Scoring of Composition in Nigeria.
Ebam, Oru O.
British Journal of Language Teaching, v27 n3 p152-58 Win 1989
Compared teachers' holistic scoring of Nigerian English-as-a-Second-Language students' essays and their scores on a standardized language proficiency test. Results revealed that holistic scoring of essays lacked concurrent validity with the subject pool. (32 references) (CB)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Writing Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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