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Hidden Norms in Assessment of Students’ Exam Essays in Norwegian Upper Secondary Schools

University of Oslo

The article presents the cultural background, methodological design, theory, and results of a comprehensive research project where the doxa and textual norms of the judges at the national writing exam in Norway were studied. The background of the study is the quite comprehensive reforms in Norway of the way writing is taught in the upper secondary schools, the kind of writing that is encouraged in the schools, the kind of tasks that are used at the national writing exam, and how writing should be assessed in the Norwegian upper secondary schools, as well as the national writing exam. The study is related to comparable studies internationally, first and foremost the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievements (IEA) study of writing.

Written Communication, Vol. 19, No. 4, 458-492 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/074108802238011


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