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Peters, Eileen – 1982
This 1982 supplement is a further elaboration to the Writing Assessment which was distributed in 1981 to assist schools in assessment of writing by detailing scoring procedures, standard-setting, and the reporting of results. The supplement deals with retesting, alternative methods for setting standards, establishing score equivalency on writing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Guidelines
Scheiber, Howard J. – 1981
This report contains information on the 1980 Basic Skills Assessment Writing Sample that the New Mexico State Department of Education administered to over 1,000 tenth grade students. Sections of the report provide the following information: (1) background data and an explanation of holistic scoring, which was used in the assessment; (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10, Holistic Evaluation
Peters, Eileen – 1981
Treating all major aspects of the writing assessment process, this manual is designed to help school districts evaluate writing in order to improve students' writing skills. The first major section of the manual presents background information on general measurement issues, such as evaluating writing ability by means of direct and indirect…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1980
A process called focused holistic scoring has been developed for use in the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills to assess student performance on writing samples. This process is "holistic" because it evaluates a total piece of writing, and it is "focused" because it evaluates the writing in terms of two specific objectives…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Guidelines
Williams, Paul L. – 1986
A major issue facing the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing Assessment is its relationship with the most frequently encountered measurement practices among State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Should NAEP conduct its assessments in a fashion that represents how things should be, or reflect…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textStevenson, Zollie, Jr.; And Others – 1990
During the Spring of 1989, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction field-tested a geometry proof performance assessment as a component of the High School End-of-Course Testing Program (EoC). The existing geometry EoC test consisted only of multiple-choice items. The performance assessment was added to the multiple-choice component to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Geometry
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1989
The MAT-6 Writing Test (The Psychological Corporation, 1986) was administered to Oklahoma students in grades 7 and 10 in February 1989, in compliance with state law. The inception, implementation procedures, assessment instruments, and results of the Writing Assessment Component of the Oklahoma School Testing Program are described. District-level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis, Grade 10
Roberts, Bryan – 1979
The New Brunswick Writing Assessment Program implemented in grades five, eight, and eleven in New Brunswick (Canada) public schools in 1978 is described in this report, which includes the specific assignments for each grade, a discussion of the general holistic scoring approach used, and characteristics of the responses at each grade, including…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Moody, David – 1991
Traditional standardized tests of basic skills are no longer considered meaningful by many leading authorities in educational measurement. Alternative approaches are not yet fully developed, although many efforts are being made. This paper explores the issues surrounding student assessment in the context of existing and evolving state practices,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1992
The New Mexico Portfolio Writing Assessment for grades 4 and 6 (optional for grade 8) is conducted each school year with a call for each student's best piece in March. All students in grades 4 and 6 participate, unless assessed as Limited English Proficient. This Teacher's Guide provides instructions for procedures to be followed throughout the…
Descriptors: Cues, Descriptive Writing, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationNew Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1992
The New Mexico Portfolio Writing Assessment for grades 4 and 6 (optional for grade 8) is conducted each school year, with a call for each student's best piece in March. This Teacher's Guide provides instructions for implementing the portfolio program throughout the year, in order to ensure standardized application of the process. The portfolio…
Descriptors: Cues, Descriptive Writing, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
Masters, James R. – 1992
In 1991 Pennsylvania began implementation of a direct writing assessment at the sixth-grade and ninth-grade levels. A total of 18,758 sixth graders and 16,575 ninth graders wrote a response to 1 of 9 prompts reflecting 3 modes of writing. A six-point holistic scale was used to score the papers, with two readers scoring each paper. A third reader,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arbitration, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationNew Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1992
This Teacher's Guide contains procedures to be followed throughout the year in implementing the New Mexico Portfolio Writing Assessment. The Assessment, required for all students in grades 4 and 6, and optional for grade 8, is conducted each school year, with a call for each student's best piece in March. The optional administration in grade 8…
Descriptors: Cues, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Expository Writing
