Linguistic discrimination in writing assessment: How raters react to African American “errors,” ESL errors, and standard English errors on a state-mandated writing exam
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عنوان ژورنال: Assessing Writing
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1075-2935
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2011.10.001