000K utf8 1100 $c2020 1500 eng 2050 urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2021-00043-5 2051 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.562462 3000 Fleckenstein, Johanna 3010 Jansen, Thorben 3010 Keller, Stefan 3010 Köller, Olaf 3010 Meyer, Jennifer 4000 Is a Long Essay Always a Good Essay? The Effect of Text Length on Writing Assessment [Fleckenstein, Johanna] 4209 The assessment of text quality is a transdisciplinary issue concerning the research areas of educational assessment, language technology, and classroom instruction. Text length has been found to strongly influence human judgment of text quality. The question of whether text length is a construct-relevant aspect of writing competence or a source of judgment bias has been discussed controversially. This paper used both a correlational and an experimental approach to investigate this question. Secondary analyses were performed on a large-scale dataset with highly trained raters, showing an effect of text length beyond language proficiency. Furthermore, an experimental study found that pre-service teachers tended to undervalue text length when compared to professional ratings. The findings are discussed with respect to the role of training and context in writing assessment. 4950 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.562462$xR$3Volltext$534 4950 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2021-00043-5$xR$3Volltext$534 4961 https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00000951 5051 150 5550 English As A Foreign Language 5550 Human Raters 5550 Judgment Bias 5550 Pre-service Teachers 5550 Text Length 5550 Text Quality 5550 Writing Assessment