A Comparison of the Performance of Analytic vs. Holistic Scoring Rubrics to Assess L۲ Writing
Publish place: International Journal of Language Testing، Vol: 2، Issue: 1
Publish Year: 1391
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: English
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Abstract:
This study compared the performance of a holistic and an analytic scoring rubric to assess ESL writing for placement and diagnostic purposes in a community college basic skills program. The study used Rasch many-faceted measurement to investigate the performance of both rubrics in scoring second language (L۲) writing samples from a departmental final examination. Rasch analyses were used to determine whether the rubrics successfully separated examinees along a continuum of L۲ writing proficiency. The study also investigated whether each category in the two six-point rubrics were useful. Both scales appeared to be measuring a single latent trait of writing ability. Raters hardly used the lower category of the holistic rubric, suggesting that it might be collapsed to create a five-point scale. The six-point scale of the analytic rubric, on the other hand, separated examinees across a wide range of strata of L۲ writing ability and might therefore be the better instrument in assessment for diagnostic and placement purposes.
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Cynthia Wiseman
City University of New York.