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Cameron, Thomas D. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Describes and discusses the Rio Grande Holistic Scale (a grading scale developed at the Rio Grande Campus of Austin Community College). Notes that the scale has been so successful that it now undergirds the entire basic writing program, crystallizing student thinking about the process of writing, unifying grading criteria, informing course…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Evaluation Criteria, Grading, Higher Education

Harris, Muriel – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Describes several diagnostic tools used to determine specific problems of students referred to a writing lab, including structured interviews, protocols (asking a student to compose aloud for 15 to 20 minutes on a short topic), and back-pedaling (questioning what a student already knows about a given topic). (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories

Johnson, Nancy Wehrle – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Reviews the importance of assessment in placing students in two-year college composition courses and describes the development of the objective English Qualifying Examination used at Northern Virginia Community College. Includes sample test items. (MKM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admissions Counseling, Objective Tests, Program Descriptions