Abstract
The number of categories in holistic rating scales varies a good deal, from as few as three to as many as fifteen. What remains constant is the uniform way scorers conceive of the bottom-most cubicle. Essays settled there almost always have the highest concordance of scores assigned independently by raters, higher even than have the topmost essays. Apparently those performing holistic ratings-usually teachers of writing-agree better on who are bad writers than on who are good. This strikes me as a curiosity worth a closer look.
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