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Direct linkFairclough, Marta; Belpoliti, Flavia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This pilot study identifies some lexical aspects of the emerging writing skills in Spanish among receptive English/Spanish bilingual students with little or no exposure to formal study of the home language upon entering a Spanish Heritage Language Program at a large public university in the Southwestern United States. The 200+ essays analyzed in…
Descriptors: College Students, Hispanic American Students, Emergent Literacy, Spanish
McPherson, Douglas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has developed a system aiming to effectively place students in freshman and developmental English programs. The placement system includes: triangulating data from external test scores, with scores from a panel-marked hand-written essay (HWE),…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSachse, Patricia P. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Texas Assessment of Basic Skills tests are criterion-referenced measures administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 9. Written compositions are part of the test battery and are scored holistically. The Texas approach to measuring written composition consists of elements including magnitude, scoring system, and effect on instruction. (DWH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) Exit Level Writing Test is based on eight behavioral objectives that fall under five skill areas. Satisfactory performance on this test is required for high school graduation in Texas. This document, intended for teachers and test developers, presents general testing instructions and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Essay Tests, Graduation Requirements
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1985
Test specifications for the Texas Examination of Current Administrators and Teachers (TECAT) are presented in detail. These specifications are designed to help teachers prepare for the TECAT, and should also be made available to administrators and persons preparing review courses. This test focuses on reading and writing skills. In the test…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Cognitive Objectives, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Patton, Jan; Murray, Darlena – 1991
This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "Simulations" and "Test Bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide for "business computer applications I" provides office education instructors with detailed units of instruction…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics
