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Tindal, Gerald; Parker, Richard – Journal of Special Education, 1989
Eight direct scoring indices of written expression were intercorrelated, factor analyzed, and used to predict holistic judgments of writing samples of 172 middle-school students in compensatory/specialized education programs. Strongest predictors of holistic ratings were percentage of words correctly sequenced and percentage of correctly spelled…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis