When "the state of the art" is counting words

Assessing Writing

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-111

  Perelman, Les ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated essay scoring; Common Core standard; Essay length; High stakes assessment; Human raters; Race to the top

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903529885     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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