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Lamb, Hilary – 1987
In 1984, New Zealand tested 12- and 13- year-old and 15- and 16-year old students as part of the International Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) tests. Although weaknesses appeared at both age levels in the organization of material, particularly in argumentative and expository writing, students could write functional letters competently…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Essays, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Lamb, Hilary – 1987
Students in New Zealand and several other countries were tested in writing skills near the end of their formal (secondary) education, as part of the International Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) tests. Among the categories tested were functional letter writing and narrative, persuasive, and reflective essay writing. New Zealand student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Essays, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
