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Download full textStiggins, Richard J. – 1981
An area of current concern is that of the advantages and disadvantages of measuring writing proficiency directly via writing samples, and indirectly via objective tests. Much research has been completed documenting the correlation between direct and indirect measures. However, there had not yet been a systematic and detailed conceptual analysis…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Wilson, Robert L. – Freshman English News, 1977
Points out that the most evident way of measuring students' understandings of writing is to have them analyze or synthesize a piece of writing. (MB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Freshmen, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Price, William F.; And Others – 1991
New York's North Country Community College's model of general education specifies the particular competencies that should be achieved in the college's liberal arts courses. In 1991, a study was undertaken to assess the general education competencies attained by students enrolled in Introductory Psychology. Using a pre-test/post-test design, 111…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, General Education
Zorn, Jeffrey L. – 1983
Although by traditional measures of test validity, the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is not culture biased, it, along with the English Composition Test and the Test of Standard Written English, reinforces a narrow view of academic excellence that excludes culturally different youths. Designed to prevent admission errors, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
