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Peer reviewedPowers, Donald E.; Fowles, Mary E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2002
Studied how performance on a standardized writing assessment might influence graduate admissions decisions if, along with test scores, test takers' essays were made available to admissions committees. Results for 27 test takers(2 essays each) suggest that the availability of examinee essays would have little, if any, influence on admissions…
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