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British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. – 1978
This resource package has been prepared as a means for distributing not only the results of the 1978 British Columbia Assessment of Written Expression but also to provide educators with clear, well-organized, classroom-ready materials which will assist them in teaching and evaluating the skills of written expression. It contains all of the test…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools
Allen, Russ; And Others – 1981
These three booklets include the writing assessment tests of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program for grades 5, 8, and 11. The first exercise in each booklet is the writing of a story using a photograph as the stimulus. The second exercise is the revision of a story written previously. The eleventh grade test also includes a third exercise:…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, State Programs
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. – 1978
This resource package has been prepared as a means for distributing not only the results of the 1978 British Columbia Assessment of Written Expression but also to provide educators with clear, well-organized, classroom-ready materials which will assist them in teaching and evaluating the skills of written expression. It contains all of the test…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Bloom, Diane S. – 1985
The Registered Holistic Scoring Method, which has been used for one year to score the ninth grade writing test of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test, is described. Registered Holistic Scoring was developed from the previous holistic approach in order to provide more reliable scoring guidelines year after year. Two trained evaluators…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 9, Holistic Evaluation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1984
This manual contains the writing objectives and measurement specifications for grades 3, 5, and 9, for use by teachers and other educators responsible for pupil instruction, and for test development specialists involved with preparing the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills tests. The learning objectives are congruent with the "State Board of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Evaluation and Assessment Section. – 1984
This report identifies the methods and issues in the evaluation of student writing in classrooms and large scale assessments using an analytical scoring system from the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP). This guide is written for staff in state offices of education conducting large-scale writing assessments, and also for personnel…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests

Takacs, Claudia – English Journal, 1987
Describes the Analytic Writing Exchange (AWE) as a cooperative endeavor by teachers who teach students to score writing papers and provide opportunities for students to exchange and grade papers written by their peers in cooperating schools. Claims students in the program become better writers and score better on state tests.(NH)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 4
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1983
A statewide sample testing of writing skills in the fourth, seventh, and tenth grades was conducted by the Michigan Educational Assessment Program in the fall of 1982. This report, which shares the writing assessment information (historical, descriptive, and interpretive) for educational decision-making, was prepared in the hope of increasing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1993
Reports on the student assessment systems of states participating in the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory are presented. These reports were developed from the database of the Council of Chief State School Officers and the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Detailed information about each state's student assessment program…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1992
The Maryland School Performance Program released six sample tasks to illustrate the types of assessment tasks that would appear on the 1992 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). Students' responses to these tasks are open-ended; that is, students generate their own responses. A wide range of responses to each task is acceptable.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade 3
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) Exit Level Writing Test is based on eight behavioral objectives that fall under five skill areas. Satisfactory performance on this test is required for high school graduation in Texas. This document, intended for teachers and test developers, presents general testing instructions and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Essay Tests, Graduation Requirements

Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1992
The Maryland School Performance Program released six sample tasks to illustrate the types of assessment tasks that would appear on the 1992 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). Students' responses to these tasks are open-ended; that is, students generate their own responses. A wide range of responses to each task is acceptable.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade 5
Buddemeier, Richard E.; Raivetz, Mark J. – 1990
In December 1993, children who were in grade 3 in the Trenton Public Schools (New Jersey) in 1985-86 will take a high-risk writing proficiency test to determine whether they will graduate from high school. An emerging study of the writing of the Class of 1995 in Trenton is described as students move toward that test. The activity of studying…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Grade 3
Turner, Susan D.; And Others – 1984
The Florida Writing Enhancement Program, for all tenth through twelfth grade students, as implemented in the Hillsborough County Public Schools, was evaluated. The program was designed to improve students' writing in the areas of composition, sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. This evaluation was conducted to determine whether the program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
Brossell, Gordon; Hoetker, James – 1979
Technical problems involved in obtaining scores for essays written by teacher candidates are addressed. The rating procedure assures that each essay is read by three raters specially trained for the task. Ratings range from "1" for incompetent or unacceptable to "4" for outstanding. The score assigned to each essay will be the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
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