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Chinn, Judith Alberts – 1983
Using data from three studies, this paper focuses on competency education trends in California in the area of writing. The studies reviewed in the paper examined (1) the competency examinations produced by students in one high school in 1980, (2) the various means employed in 1981 by five school districts in the San Francisco Bay area to implement…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Minimum Competencies
Download full textRussikoff, Karen A. – 1994
Problems inherent in the holistic scoring of essay examinations written by limited-English-speakers are examined, particularly in the context of one California state college in which English writing skills, holistically assessed, are required for graduation. These problems include lack of interrater reliability, raters' perceptions of their role,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
