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Home   |   Email Friend    Saturday September 04, 2010 Handwriting is a Determinant Factor in the Writing Assessment Test     Studies have suggested that the results of standardized tests which are scored by trained raters are significantly skewed by messy handwriting. (Sloan & McGinnis, 1978; Sweedler-Brown, 1992).               Will poor handwriting hurt my score?                                                      Only if the writing is illegible. Illegible papers cannot be scored.     However, handwriting that is difficult to read can make it hard to    recognize what you've done well, so write as neatly as you can.               From: Georgia Department of Education on the Writing Assessment Test                                                                                      Does handwriting count?                                                                                        Handwriting is not directly scored....   At the same time, there is  no question that neatness makes papers easier to read, and        raters cannot afford to spend a great deal of time trying to         decipher any one paper. It is therefore in the students' best        interest to make their work as neat and readable as possible,          so that nothing will be misread or misunderstood.                                                                     From: San Juan District Direct Writing Assessment