Research in the Teaching of English Feb 1984

The Validity of Using Holistic Scoring to Evaluate Writing: A Critical Overview

Davida Charney Carnegie Mellon University

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Research in the Teaching of English
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1984-02-01
DOI
10.58680/rte198415687
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