Effects of Analytical and Holistic Scoring Patterns on Scorer Reliability in Biology Essay Tests
Literature revealed that the patterns/methods of scoring essay tests had been criticized for not being reliable and thisunreliability is more likely to be more in internal examinations than in the external examinations. The purpose of thisstudy is to find out the effects of analytical and holistic scoring patterns on scorer reliability in biology essay tests inEnugu Education Zone of Enugu State. Post-test only control group design was used. All the 212 Biology teachersfrom the thirty one secondary schools in Enugu Education Zone of Enugu State were used. The researcher constructedBiology essay test (BET) with scoring guide on biology essay tests (SGBET) for data collection. The research questionwas answered using Pearson’s Product moment correlation coefficient (r). The hypothesis was tested using t-test. Theresults showed that the use of the holistic scoring pattern was found to be the most reliable followed by analyticalscoring pattern. Recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.