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McLaughlin, William D. – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Educational Testing, Essay Tests, Skill Development
Download full textCooper, Charles; Breneman, Beth – 1988
The first statewide direct writing assessment was conducted for grade 8 by the California Assessment Program (CAP) in the spring of 1987. Each student wrote an essay in response to 1 of 15 prompts (writing tasks) representing: (1) an autobiographical incident; (2) a report of information; (3) a solution to a problem; and (4) an evaluation. In all,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Autobiographies, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Conry, Robert; Jeroski, Sharon – 1980
About 9,000 students in grades 4, 8, and 12 participated in three writing excersises: (1) directed--short passage in response to a specific request; (2) global--extended narrative or exposition on a broad topic; and (3) proofreading and editing. The exercises reflected writing tasks required of the average adult as a citizen worker or creative…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Editing
