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Zeroing in on the STEP Writing Test: What Does It Tell a Teacher?

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Madaus, George F.; Rippey, Robert M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1966

The validity of the multiple-choice Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) Writing Test (1957) was tested by the University of Chicago Center for the Cooperative Study of Instruction. Seven criteria developed by the center to score essay assignments were used to determine the relationship between STEP and actual writing behavior. Of the…

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