Measuring Essay Assessment: Intra-rater and Inter-rater Reliability

Abstract

There have been many attempts to research the effectiveassessment of writing ability, and many proposals for how this might bedone. In this sense, rater reliability plays a crucial role for making vitaldecisions about testees in different turning points of both educational andprofessional life. Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of essay assessmentsmade by using different assessing tools should also be discussed with theassessment processes.