Verfahren der Textbeurteilung. Merkmale und Vorzüge eines holistischen Benchmarkratings

Abstract

The question of adequate text quality assessment is of prime importance in school and research. In the present paper, this question will be addressed in the light of two dissertation projects in which the quality of student texts had to be assessed. In view of the research interest, the available resources and the research-relevant quality criteria, the advantages and disadvantages of various methods to assess text quality are elaborated. The method of choice in both projects, the holistic benchmark rating, is presented in more detail. This rating procedure has only received limited attention in the German-speaking world but has proven to be advantageous in terms of resources and quality criteria.