Intended for teachers and students, this document presents updated information about the design, the sections, and the scoring of the Grade 12 diploma examinations in English 30 and 33 for the 1985-86 school year in Alberta, Canada. It contains blueprints illustrating the relationship between the content and scoring of writing and reading test assignments and curriculum concepts, the categories under which summary data will be conveyed to schools, and the amount that each section of the examination contributes to the total examination grade. The document also describes the tests: the skills required, the concepts to be mastered, the amount of time to allow, the length of the written compositions, the proportion of the total score allotted to each assignment, and other scoring information. (EL)