A principal components analysis was conducted to determine whether the measures of essays made by the computer could be grouped into factors. Six factors (fluency, spelling, diction, sentence structure, punctuation, and paragraphing) were identified. (Author)

An investigation of certain chance and systematic factors affecting the grades assigned by 17 law school professors to the answers of 79 law students to a typical essay question. (Authors/MB)

Revised and enlarged version of a speech delivered at a joint meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) and the Classical Association of the Empire State (CAES) in Syracuse, New York, November 1, 1969. (DS)

This essay investigates the impact of the racial disharmony in the United States upon America's role in the world. Complexity of U.S. policies and programs abroad will allow Black American leaders to influence more directly those portions of U.S. foreign policy of greatest concern to them. (SM)

Test format can influence test performance as well as the nature and extent of general classroom achievement. (Authors)

Sixteen forms of an essay exam, identical in content but differing in writing neatness and numbers of composition errors, were graded by 480 classroom teachers. The two factors consisted of four writing treatments and four levels of composition errors. No significant differences were found. (Author)

Presents the journalistic essay as both appealing to college composition students and helpful in teaching them writing clarity, accuracy, organization, and the integration of narration, description, and exposition. (DD)

Use of systematic feedback can produce significant improvement in students' writing skills. (Editor)

Examines students' amusing responses to essay test questions, while maintaining that such responses can still give a teacher a better indication of what students are learning in the classroom than can objective tests. (HTH)