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Dockrell, Julie E.; Connelly, Vincent; Walter, Kirsty; Critten, Sarah – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The assessment of children's writing raises technical and practical challenges. In this paper we examine the potential use of a curriculum based measure for writing (CBM-W) to assess the written texts of pupils in Key Stage 2 (M age 107 months, range 88 to 125). Two hundred and thirty six Year three, five and six pupils completed a standardized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Assignments, Writing (Composition), Standardized Tests
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Kotzee, Ben; Johnston, Roger – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
Concern exists among both academics and employers regarding the quality of graduates' writing. The complaint, as it is most commonly phrased, is that young graduates can no longer "string a simple sentence together". If true, this is a problem: the quality of students' writing seriously affects their chances in the job market. In this…
Descriptors: Sentences, Labor Market, Graduates, Education Work Relationship