Going APE: Reading the Advanced Placement Examination in English Composition and Literature.

Vopat, James B.

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Publication Date: 1981-Mar

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Going APE: Reading the Advanced Placement Examination in English Composition and Literature.

Vopat, James B.

College English, v43 n3 p284-92 Mar 1981

A former reader-evaluator of essays for "Advanced Placement Examination in English" explains why he cannot with good conscience continue as "part of a process which tells these students they are (to different degrees) 'qualified."' (RL)

Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College English, College Freshmen, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, High School Students, Higher Education, Testing, Testing Problems, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB)

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