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Can a holistic score for a cluster be determined by giving each question in a cluster an individual score, adding up the scores, and then finding the average score?

April 26, 2017cluster giving holistic individual score scores

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Can a holistic score for a cluster be determined by giving each question in a cluster an individual score, adding up the scores, and then finding the average score?

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No, that is not permitted. That type of scoring process is analytic in nature rather than holistic. The entire cluster of responses should be reviewed together and considered as a holistic body of evidence of how well the student has understood the text and task presented.