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The Effects of Variations in Essay Questions on the Writing Performance of CUNY Freshmen. Research Monograph Series No. 1.
Greenberg, Karen – 1981
The reliability of the Writing Skills Assessment Test (WSAT) given to all entering freshmen at the City University of New York (CUNY) is the subject of this monograph. The monograph states that although the WSAT is scored according to validated and widely-used holistic procedures, some CUNY faculty had expressed concern about aspects of the WSAT's…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Functional Literacy Testing in the United States: Measurement Issues and Theoretical and Practical Implications.
Torres, Rosalie T.; Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1983
A review of functional literacy testing in the United States from 1955-82 is provided by summarizing the results of literacy assessment studies and synthesizing the major issues which they have engendered. These reviews are grouped with respect to content, criterion-related, and construct validity. The paper concludes by (1) summarizing some of…
Descriptors: Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
An A Posteriori Examination of the Evaluation Scale of the Writing Assessment Test at the City University of New York. Research Monograph No. 3.
Troyka, Lynn Quitman – 1982
The goal of the 1981-82 examination of the Evaluation Scale (ES) of the City University of New York's (CUNY) Writing Skills Assessment Test (WSAT) was to ascertain if the descriptive criteria of the original ES, instituted in 1978, might be refined in the light of CUNY's four years of experience with large-scale testing at a multicampus…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Criteria