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TEST SCORES ARE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: Test essays written by
hand often are scored higher than those submitted in word-processed
versions, concludes a study by the Educational Testing Service.
When word-processed essays were converted to handwriting and vice
versa, researchers found the hand-written versions of word-processed
essays were scored higher than the originals, even though the
content was exactly the same. One possible reason is that word-
processed essays appear shorter and errors are more obvious.
(Chronicle of Higher Education 9/28/94 A25)
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Maybe we should be writing in long hand on foolscap!
Cheers,
Gwen (ggall -at- ca -dot- oracle -dot- com)
"The question is not the size of your intelligence,
but how you use the little amount of it you might have."
