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PDF pending restorationAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1994
The samples of students' writing found in this document exemplify the criteria used to score students' written responses on the June 1994 Grade 9 English Language Arts Achievement Test. Representative of the full range of students' writing, the examples in the document are intended to be used as tools to assist teachers, students, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
The summary information in this report provides teachers, school administrators, students, and the general public in Alberta, Canada with an overview of results from the June 1998 administration of the English 30 Diploma Examination. The information in the report is most helpful when used in conjunction with the detailed school and jurisdiction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Reader Response, Reading Achievement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1993
The purpose of this document is to provide administrators, teachers, and students with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score students' written responses on the June 1993 Grade 3 Language Learning Achievement Test and the written component of the performance assessment administered to a provincial sample of grade 3…
Descriptors: English, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1992
The purpose of this booklet is to provide administrators, teachers, and students in Alberta, Canada, with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score students' written responses on the June 1991 Grade 9 Social Studies Achievement Test. The Grade 9 Social Studies Achievement Test consisted of two parts: Part A: Multiple…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
The summary information in this report provides teachers, school administrators, students, and the general public in Alberta, Canada with an overview of results from the June 1998 administration of the English 33 Diploma Examination. The information in the report is most helpful when used in conjunction with the detailed school and jurisdiction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Reader Response, Reading Achievement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1993
A study examined the issue of language correctness in Alberta's English 30 diploma examination papers written in January and June 1993 which received a score of "satisfactory" on matters of convention. A total of 160 papers (which received either a score of "satisfactory" on all scoring categories, scores of "limited"…
Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1992
Presenting the full range of students' writing, this paper provides administrators, teachers, and students with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score responses to the June 1992 Grade 6 English Language Arts Achievement Test. After an introductory section, the paper presents a general commentary; the writing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Peer reviewedWilliamson, John – Educational Studies, 1990
Studies the writing achievement of 28 11-year olds attending an urban Newcastle upon Tyne (England) school and their ability to conform to standard English writing conventions. Finds the influence of a nonstandard dialect (Tyneside) to be minor. Observes writing difficulties are frequently related to mastering the writing system itself rather than…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bidialectalism, Dialect Studies, Educational Research
