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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

Large-Scale Writing Assessment: Methods, Accommodations and Reliability.

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Coon, Anne C. – 1992

Every year approximately 1,300 first-year students at the Rochester Institute of Technology complete a 50-minute placement essay during summer and fall orientations. The essays are scored holistically, and the students are placed into one of three levels of an English composition course. At the end of the 10-week quarter of instruction, students…

Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Descriptions

Establishing and Implementing Colorado's Writing Assessment Program.

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Olson, 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

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…