Anchor paper
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In standards based assessment, authentic assessment
and Holistic grading
, a test response is assigned a numeric score against typically both a scoring rubric, or set of rules, and an example paper or two for each level. These examples are called anchor papers. A limitation of the use of anchor papers is that typically only one or two papers are used for any grade number. It is often difficult to match the wide diversity of responses against only one or two papers, and this is part of the problem in ensuring repeatability and agreement between different scorers on grading the same response.
Authentic assessment
Authentic assessment is an umbrella concept that refers to the measurement of "intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile, significant, and meaningful," as compared to multiple choice standardized tests. Authentic assessment can be devised by the teacher, or in collaboration with the student...
and Holistic grading
Holistic grading
Standards based tests use holistic grading to establish scoring of a paper. It can also be used to assess classroom-based work. Rather than counting errors, a paper is judged holistically if it has too many or too few errors to merit a 1, 2 or 3, compared to an anchor paper, or if it meets a...
, a test response is assigned a numeric score against typically both a scoring rubric, or set of rules, and an example paper or two for each level. These examples are called anchor papers. A limitation of the use of anchor papers is that typically only one or two papers are used for any grade number. It is often difficult to match the wide diversity of responses against only one or two papers, and this is part of the problem in ensuring repeatability and agreement between different scorers on grading the same response.