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McMaster, Kristen L.; Campbell, Heather – School Psychology Review, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine technical features of new and existing curriculum-based measures of written expression in terms of writing task, duration, and scoring procedures. Twenty-five third-, 43 fifth-, and 55 seventh-graders completed passage-copying tasks in 1.5 min and picture, narrative, and expository writing prompts in 3-7…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Curriculum Based Assessment, Predictive Validity, Scoring
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Charney, Davida – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Analyzes the implicit requirements for achieving reliable results from holistic ratings of writing samples and argues that these conditions bring the validity of the ratings into doubt. (HOD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation, Predictive Measurement
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Gorrell, Donna – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Reports on the steps undertaken and the discoveries made by the English department of Illinois State University in its development of a valid, reliable measure of student competency in freshman composition. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing