▁Carolina ▁ ▁ask ▁sc or ers ▁to ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁entire ▁paper ▁and ▁make ▁jud g ments . ▁Sc or ers ▁are ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁count ▁errors , ▁and ▁rub rics ▁do ▁not ▁contain ▁numeric ▁measurements ▁of ▁how ▁many ▁sp elling ▁or ▁grammar ▁error ▁const itute ▁a ▁" 1 " ▁or ▁" 2 ". ▁The ▁Anal yt ical ▁Writing ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁G RE ▁test ▁is ▁scored ▁using ▁a ▁six - point ▁hol istic ▁scale ▁in ▁half - point ▁incre ments . ▁Hol istic ▁grad ing ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁reason ▁for ▁disag re ement ▁between ▁sc or ers , ▁but ▁for ▁this ▁reason ▁some ▁tests ▁are ▁scored ▁more ▁than ▁once ▁to ▁check ▁for ▁agreement . ▁ ▁Adv antages ▁of ▁Stand ards - based ▁Ass ess ment ▁ ▁Stud ents ▁are ▁compared ▁to ▁a ▁standard ▁that ▁all ▁can ▁reach , ▁rather ▁than ▁artificial ly ▁ranked ▁into ▁a ▁bell ▁curve ▁where ▁some ▁students ▁must ▁be ▁called ▁fail ures , ▁and ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁are ▁allowed ▁to ▁succeed ▁ ▁Hum ans , ▁not ▁computers ▁can ▁evaluate ▁the ▁entire ▁value ▁of ▁a ▁response ▁rather ▁than ▁impos ing ▁a ▁strict ▁right ▁or ▁wrong ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁open ▁to ▁interpretation ▁ ▁Free ▁response ▁uses ▁and ▁tests ▁for ▁higher ▁order ▁thinking , ▁which ▁is ▁important ▁in ▁most ▁new ▁education ▁standards . ▁ ▁Computer ▁scored ▁multiple ▁choice ▁tests ▁have ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁have ▁de le ter ious ▁effects ▁for ▁minor ities , ▁unf air ly ▁den ying ▁opportun ities . ▁ ▁Only ▁a ▁standards - based ▁test ▁is ▁aligned