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Direct linkVerbout, Mary F. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Multiple-choice tests of punctuation and usage are used throughout the United States to assess the writing skills of new community college students in order to place them in either a basic writing course or first-year composition. To determine whether using the COMPASS Writing Test (CWT) is a valid placement at a community college, student test…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Multiple Choice Tests, Student Placement, Community Colleges
Download full textBurley, Hansel; And Others – 1996
Proper placement of students into either remedial writing or Composition I can be crucial to their success in higher education. Using a database of nearly 6,000 students who entered an open admissions community college in Texas, the researchers attempted to discover the best predictor of student success in Composition I. For students who took a…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Freshman Composition, Grading
