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Download full textPurves, Alan C. – 1990
A synthesis of the report, "The Current State of Assessment in Literature," (produced by the Center for the Learning and Teaching of Literature), this digest discusses methods of evaluating students' knowledge of literature. The digest argues that, by and large, the tests that now exist in the United States do not live up to the…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Lawson, James Herbert – 1968
To determine whether a test to evaluate high school students' ability to understand and appreciate poetry could be constructed, two equivalent forms of a poetry test for grades 11 and 12 were developed using the recommendations of leading textbook authors, selected course content, anthologies, and literature and poetry tests. Aspects of poetry…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High School Students, Interpretive Skills, Literary Criticism
