In fact, there has been much debate over the utility of composition as tests of language proficiency and even as tests of writing skill. This article, nonetheless, will clarify that subjective methods of evaluating and objective scoring technique are strongly correlated. Some studies have also found that lecturer judgments of a subjective sort have substantial reliability and are significantly correlated with similar judgments by independent raters and with objective scores computed over the same composition work. In this article, how both holistic evaluation and objective measures are operated in the classroom of English writing will accordingly be discussed.Key words: holistic evaluation, objective scoring methods, language proficiency, coherence, unity
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