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Direct linkPlatt, Sara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The adoption of Common Core State Standards by many states prompted the development of new standardized writing assessments. A limited number of studies investigated the predictive ability of curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) as related to state assessments in writing, and none have analyzed the Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) for writing.…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Standardized Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment, Common Core State Standards
Download full textShaw, Emily; Mattern, Krista; Patterson, Brian – College Board, 2009
Presented at the national conference for AERA (American Educational Research Association) . This study examined whether there are distinct differences in the demographic characteristics, HSGPA, first-year college performance, and second-year college retention rates among students who have discrepant CR-W performance.
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement, Scores
College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA. Office of Institutional Development. – 1994
California's College of the Canyons has used the College Board Assessment and Placement Services (APS) test to assess students' abilities in basic and college English since spring 1993. These two reports summarize data from a May 1994 study of the predictive validity of the APS writing and reading tests and a June 1994 effort to validate the cut…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cutting Scores, Grades (Scholastic), Outcomes of Education
Isonio, Steven – 1994
In fall 1993, Golden West College (GWC), in California, participated in a large-scale study coordinated by Computerized Assessment and Placement Programs (CAPP) to gather evidence supportive of the College Board Assessment and Placement Services (APS) tests. The study focused on gathering instructor ratings of student preparedness levels in a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Problems, Grades (Scholastic)
Rich, Janet C. – 1993
An English/reading steering committee was formed in the 1992-93 academic year at Miami-Dade Community College, in Florida, to recommend college-wide procedures and guidelines for including a writing sample on placement tests for entering students. The committee pilot tested a writing sample in two college-preparatory and one college-level English…
Descriptors: College English, College Planning, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Isonio, Steven – 1991
In May 1991, Golden West College (California) conducted a validation study of the English portion of the Assessment and Placement Services for Community Colleges (APS), followed by a predictive validity study in July 1991. The initial study was designed to aid in the implementation of the new test at GWC by comparing data on APS use at other…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic)
