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Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1979
Designed for educators actively involved with the teaching of writing, this report contains an overview of the procedures and a detailed presentation of the findings and recommendations of the 1979 Manitoba (Canada) Writing Assessment program. Following an introduction, the five major sections of the report provide the following information: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Carlman, Nancy – 1985
A study examined whether Canadian twelfth grade students' papers would rate differently when they were written in different modes and whether there are significant differences between global (modified holistic) scores and rhetorical effectiveness (modified primary trait) scores for the same papers. Fifty students wrote on two transactional topics…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Modes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Plattor, Emma; Maguire, Thomas – 1986
A two-year study designed to evaluate an elementary language arts program in the Grande Prairie School District (Edmonton, Alberta) through an assessment of student achievement was conducted from 1983 to 1985. This final report describes all facets of the study and presents the researchers' findings and conclusions. Following a preface, the report…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Testing
