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Phoenix Union High School District, AZ. – 1980
The minimal writing skills proficiency program in the Phoenix Union High School District was initiated as a result of basic competency legislation passed in 1972; in 1976, writing was added to the basic skills requirements for graduation. Writing proficiency is determined by teacher evaluation of pieces of writing using the criteria established…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Swartz, Richard; And Others – 1985
In preparation for adding an essay test to the General Educational Development (GED) test, the GED Testing Service undertook a series of studies to establish (1) whether acceptable reading reliabilities were attainable in decentralized holistic scoring sessions often involving no more than a dozen papers; (2) whether essay readers in a variety of…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Scoring, Test Reliability
Swartz, Richard; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1985
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between scores on the multiple-choice General Educational Development (GED) Writing Skills test and scores on holistically graded essays. Secondary purposes included the following: (1) examining the relationship of essay scores to scores on the multiple-choice GED Reading Skills…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Reading Tests, Test Reliability
Willett, Terrence – 2001
This study addresses the validation of a holistic English assessment process used at Cabrillo College (California). The process of prompt development, scoring rubrics, reader training, scoring, and administration procedures have remained largely unchanged over the years. This report provides new evidence on content validity, consequential and cut…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Analysis, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
University of South Florida, Tampa. Coll. of Education. – 1980
This report describes the procedures followed in scoring the October 1978 Florida Minimal Writing Production Skills Assessment and reports the results of that assessment. The assessment was conducted on a sample of Florida public school students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11. Sections include descriptions of the rating scale and scorer's guide as well…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interrater Reliability, Minimum Competency Testing

Noble, Kenneth Allan – Studies in Higher Education, 1989
A survey of 23 scholarly journal editors in five countries concerning the qualities of acceptable and unacceptable articles is reported. Common problems, ways of improving manuscript quality, the role of the reviewer, and practical suggestions for aspiring authors are addressed. Emphasis is placed on getting published. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, Editors, Faculty Publishing
Learning Assessment Retention Consortium of the California Community Colleges. – 1987
As part of a study conducted by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium to develop a student outcomes evaluation model, data were collected on the characteristics and skill levels of 7,500 remedial writing students from 29 community colleges in Fall 1986. Three methods of data collection were used: pre-testing of reading comprehension,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, High Risk Students, Outcomes of Education
Vickers, Daisy – 1990
The North Carolina Annual Testing Program assessed the writing skills of students in Grade 6 and Grade 8 in the 1989-90 school year. Sixth-grade students were asked to write a clarification composition focusing on a special day and explaining to the reader why the day is special, and eighth-grade students were asked to write a letter to their…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Expository Writing, Grade 6
Tiffany, Gerald E.; And Others – 1991
In 1991, a student learning outcomes assessment was conducted at Wenatchee Valley College, Washington. All English 101 students in the winter and spring quarters of 1990 wrote a 2-hour final exam. Winter quarter students wrote on the same topic while spring quarter students wrote on one of three randomly assigned topics. Five English 101…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Essay Tests
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1989
The MAT-6 Writing Test (The Psychological Corporation, 1986) was administered to Oklahoma students in grades 7 and 10 in February 1989, in compliance with state law. The inception, implementation procedures, assessment instruments, and results of the Writing Assessment Component of the Oklahoma School Testing Program are described. District-level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis, Grade 10
Lee, Valerie E. – 1987
Intended to enable Catholic educators to evaluate and compare the writing progress of their students to that of the nation as a whole, this report presents writing achievement data of Catholic school students in grades 4, 8, and 11, assessed in 1983-84 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A summary of the findings of the NAEP…
Descriptors: Blacks, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Ballator, Nada; Farnum, Marisa; Kaplan, Bruce – 1999
Supplementary to "NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress," this report describes two aspects of writing for which change has been measured since 1984: writing fluency as determined by holistic scoring; and mastery of the conventions of written English as determined by mechanics scoring. The introduction discusses the layout and means of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 4
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1993
An essay to test writing skill has been administered to North Carolina sixth and eighth graders for 10 years. In 1992-93, fourth graders were also tested. Each year compositions are graded by readers trained to apply a uniform set of criteria to the essays. Composition criteria are main ideas, supporting detail, organization, and coherence. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Essay Tests