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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1979
Data presented in this report are the results of the special assessment of writing mechanics conducted during the 1978-79 school year by the Education Commission of the States (ECS) for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The purposes of the study were (1) to examine writing abilities of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students enrolled…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Essays
Houston, David Ree – 1969
This study--a follow-up to one conducted by Giles in 1965-- compared the written compositions of fourth grade pupils who had been in Project Head Start in the summer of 1965 with those of comparable pupils not in the program to determine possible differences in their written language development. Seventy Negro students were divided by sex and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Testing, Grade 4, Intelligence
