Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the rating behaviors of raters involved in the music special talent admission examination. The study group consists of two subgroups: candidates and raters. The candidate group comprises 114 individuals who took the special talent entrance examination for admission to the music education department of a public university, while the rater group consists of five raters who evaluated the candidates’ performances. A fully crossed design was employed, and the data were analyzed using the Many-Facet Rasch Model. Within this framework, several rater behaviors were examined, including severity, leniency, central tendency, halo effect, rater × candidate bias, and rater × candidate gender bias. The findings indicated that, at the group level, halo effect, rater × candidate bias, and rater × candidate gender bias were not present; however, severity, leniency, and central tendency behaviors did emerge. At the individual level, one rater exhibited severity, all raters demonstrated central tendency, and one rater showed a halo effect. Additionally, rater × candidate bias was observed in four raters, whereas none of the raters displayed rater × candidate gender bias. Based on the findings obtained, it is recommended that raters receive rater training.