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Download full textDeCrow, Roger, Ed. – 1972
This brief digest of the results of the National Assessment of Writing compares the writing abilities of a sample of 17 year olds, in school and out, with an adult sample aged 26 to 35. In writing for social communication, 57% of the adults and 75% of the 17 year olds wrote descriptions that were judged acceptable. When asked to describe an auto…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Publications, Test Results, Tests
White, Sheida; Vanneman, Alan – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2000
Contains the guide used by scorers of eighth grade informative writing in the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), samples of student responses at each of the six levels of performance, and a discussion of the scoring method. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 8, Guides
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1977
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an information-gathering project that surveys the educational attainments of 9 year olds, 13 year olds, 17 year olds, and adults (ages 26 to 35) in ten learning areas, one of which is writing. This report focuses on persuasive and explanatory letter writing, representing two basic aims of…
Descriptors: Adults, Descriptive Writing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
