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Direct linkHardison, Chaitra M.; Sackett, Paul R. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2008
Despite the growing use of writing assessments in standardized tests, little is known about coaching effects on writing assessments. Therefore, this study tested the effects of short-term coaching on standardized writing tests, and the transfer of those effects to other writing genres. College freshmen were randomly assigned to either training…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Group Membership, College Freshmen, Writing Tests
Braddock, Richard; Enger, John – Guidance Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: College Credits, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Writing (Composition)
Ballowe, James – ADE Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conference Reports, Equivalency Tests, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedChristensen, Mark – Research in the Teaching of English, 1977
This study assessed the validity of the College-Level Examination Program's (CLEP) General Examination in English Composition using the CLEP Subject Examination in English Composition. (DD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Research, English, Equivalency Tests
Coad, Bruce E. – Freshman English News, 1973
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedChecketts, Keith T.; Cristensen, Mark G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English, Equivalency Tests, Predictive Measurement
Coad, Bruce E. – ADE Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, English Education
Rudolph, Robert S.; Summers, Richard M. – Freshman English News, 1977
Considers the good and bad points of the three composition tests in the CLEP program. Finds that the Freshman English Subject Examination is a better over-all test than the General Examination in English Composition or the English Composition Examination. (RL)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Equivalency Tests, Higher Education
White, Edward M. – ADE Bulletin, 1973
An address to the ADE in New York, 26 December 1972. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Freshmen, English Education, Equivalency Tests
Download full textBishop, Arthur, Ed. – 1978
The decline in writing ability among students entering college can be attributed to such factors as the absence of verbal precision in television, advertising, and political language, the lack of writing practice in high school English classes, overloaded and unprepared English teachers, and the difficulties involved in evaluating student writing.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Evaluation Criteria, Holistic Evaluation, National Competency Tests
Peer reviewedStecher, Carl A. – Change, 1977
The astonishing success rate for students taking the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests has resulted in large numbers of college sophomores who have never been freshmen. Implications of this fact are discussed along with an assessment of the CLEP examinations themselves. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs
White, Edward M. – 1973
In the late spring of 1972, the Chancellor's Office agreed to support a summer study to be undertaken by a committee of the California English Council, to investigate equivalency testing in the area of English and to recommend an appropriate program for use by the California State University and Colleges. This report is the result of that study:…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
White, Edward M. – 1974
Since the 1974 California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination was a repeat of the 1973 examination, the report contained in this document should be viewed as a supplement to the 1973 report. The test was administered in May 1974 to 3,639 students with 1,036 receiving proficiency credit. Once again, it consisted…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Legg, Sue M.; Webb, Jeaninne N. – 1977
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) had a substantial impact upon the Florida State University System. Over 42% of the beginning freshmen in 1972 took CLEP examinations and over 38% received credit for passing one or more examinations with a score above the national 50th percentile. These freshmen received an average of 27 quarter-hours…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Credits, College Freshmen
Moulder, Brad; Abdulla, Abdulbaset; Morgan, Deanna L. – College Board, 2005
The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) consists of a battery of 34 tests covering courses in which entering college students often enroll. CLEP exams are tools that help accredited colleges and universities provide course requirement exemptions to students who have gained outside-the-classroom knowledge of certain subjects. Students may…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Testing Programs, Prior Learning, Advanced Placement
