Evaluating student work in which the score is based on an overall impression of student performance rather than multiple dimensions of performance CRESST

A procedure for scoring responses on a constructed-response test, in which the scorer makes a single judgment of the overall quality of the response, instead of awarding points separately for different features of the response. (Compare with analytic scoring.)

Scoring that emphasizes the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts. Scorers give a single score based on an overall appraisal of a student’s entire product or performance. Used in situations where the demonstration of learning is considered to be more than the sum of its parts and so the complete final product or performance is ev [..]

A method of scoring work products, like writing, or performances, like a musical selection, in which all aspects of the performance are judged collectively and the overall performance is assigned a single score. (See also analytical scoring.)