Assessing Writing Jan 2012

Linguistic discrimination in writing assessment: How raters react to African American “errors,” ESL errors, and standard English errors on a state-mandated writing exam

David Johnson Kennesaw State University ; Lewis VanBrackle Kennesaw State University
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Assessing Writing
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2012-01-01
DOI
10.1016/j.asw.2011.10.001
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