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An Outcomes Assessment Project: Basic Writing and Essay Structure
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Caldwell, David; DeRusha, Jeanine; Stanton-Hammond, Gail; Straight, Steve; Sullivan, Patrick – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2011
In this article, the authors report on an assessment project they recently conducted at their open admissions community college to assess student work at the end of the basic writing sequence. The authors' focus for this project was on the way students used essay structure. They gathered artifacts from students who were deemed "ready" by…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Program Effectiveness, Open Enrollment, College Outcomes Assessment