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The GED 2002 essay was scored holistically while the GED 2014 extended response is scored analytically. Holistic scoring gives a single score to an entire piece of writing based on several criteria. Analytic scoring examines each criterion individually and assigns a score to each. There is personal judgment involved in analytic scoring when deciding whether a student should score a 0, 1, or 2 ... ................
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