Intended to help teachers prepare students for the Alberta (Canada) Grade 12 diploma examinations, this bulletin updates information about the design, sections, and scoring of the examinations in English 30 and 33 for the 1987-88 school year. Following a summary of the substantial revisions the examinations have undergone for this current edition, the bulletin presents blueprints illustrating the relationship between content and scoring of writing and reading test assignments and curriculum concepts, as well as the amount that each section of the examination contributes to the total grade. The bulletin also provides sample assignments and scoring guides, and describes the test in detail: the skills required, the concepts to be mastered, the amount of time allowed for each assignment, the length of the written compositions, the proportion of the total score allotted to each assignment, and other scoring information. (NKA)