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Several studies have shown the existence of context effects in the scoring of essays. That is, essays receive higher marks when preceded by poor quality scripts than when preceded by good quality scripts. The present study investigated the effectiveness of providing scorers with model essays to reduce the influence of context. Context effects persisted despite the use of model essays during scoring.
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Hughes et al. (1984) studied this question.
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