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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Project Basic. – 1984
Offered as a result of suggestions by Maryland teachers, this guide serves as an instructional reference for educators on teaching functional writing at the elementary and secondary school levels. The guide was developed as a supplement to volume one; both volumes provide a comprehensive perspective to writing improvement in Maryland. The first…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Construction
Peer reviewedOlson, Miles C.; Swadener, Marc – English Education, 1984
Describes the Colorado Writing Assessment Program, a testing program that provides two kinds of feedback to teachers and students: (1) a holistic score that measures the general quality of writing and (2) a set of scores on analytic scales that reflect students' achievement in four areas. Concludes that the program works. (FL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
