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A Study of Revision in the 1984 Wisconsin Writing Assessment. Bulletin No. 5304.

Fredrick, Vicki – 1985

The 1981 and 1984 studies of revision, developed by the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program, are described in this document, which examines how well students are able to revise their own papers. Contents include an explanation of how the 1981 and 1984 evaluation criteria were created; an overview of the results of the 1984 revision study for grades…

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Revision (Written Composition), State Programs

Project Basic Instructional Guide, Writing Supplement.

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

New Mexico Writing: A Statewide Sample.

Scheiber, Howard J. – 1981

This report contains information on the 1980 Basic Skills Assessment Writing Sample that the New Mexico State Department of Education administered to over 1,000 tenth grade students. Sections of the report provide the following information: (1) background data and an explanation of holistic scoring, which was used in the assessment; (2)…

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10, Holistic Evaluation

Report of Student Performance in Writing, 1998-1999. Grades 4, 7, and 10. North Carolina Testing Program.

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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1999

The purpose of this report is to provide information about the level of student performance in the area of writing based on results for 1998-99 from the annual on-demand writing sample of the North Carolina Writing Assessment at grades 4, 7, and 10 (English II). It notes student performance increased at grades 4 and 7 when compared to student…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Holistic Evaluation, Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education

Statewide Direct Writing Assessment in California.

Peckham, Irvin – 1987

California has provided other states with an example of how not to assess student writing and has initiated a new direction in the statewide assessment of student writing achievement, a direction designed to influence writing instruction positively. Before 1987, the California Assessment Program (CAP) limited English skills assessment to multiple…

Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment

Comparison and Contrast: The 1975 California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination.

White, Edward M. – 1976

The third administration of the California State University and Colleges Freshman English Equivalency Examination, a test consisting of an objective examination graded by the Educational Testing Service and an essay examination scored by California State University and College faculty, is analyzed in this report. After a short preface, the first…