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Platt, Sara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The adoption of Common Core State Standards by many states prompted the development of new standardized writing assessments. A limited number of studies investigated the predictive ability of curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) as related to state assessments in writing, and none have analyzed the Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) for writing.…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Standardized Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment, Common Core State Standards
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Peckham, Irvin – College Composition and Communication, 2010
This article compares essays written in response to the ACT Essay prompt and a locally developed prompt used for placement. The two writing situations differ by time and genre: the ACT Essay is timed and argumentative; the locally developed is untimed and explanatory. The article analyzes the differences in student performance and predictive…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Writing Tests, Context Effect, Time