‘I will go to my grave fighting for grammar’: Exploring the ability of language-trained raters to implement a professionally-relevant rating scale for writing

Ute Knoch The University of Melbourne ; Barbara Ying Zhang Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority ; Catherine Elder The University of Melbourne ; Eleanor Flynn The University of Melbourne ; Annemiek Huisman The University of Melbourne ; Robyn Woodward-Kron ; Elizabeth Manias Deakin University ; Tim McNamara The University of Melbourne
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Assessing Writing
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2020-10-01
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10.1016/j.asw.2020.100488
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