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Peer reviewedNoreen, Robert G. – College Composition and Communication, 1977
Concludes that a combination of a writing sample and an objective test should be used to place students in freshman composition courses. (DD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Departments, Higher Education, State Surveys
Download full textTerchek, Mary E. – 1988
Placements in English departments' internship programs are problematic when writing opportunities lack range and/or depth, but at the same time students often have excellent internship experiences despite limited writing opportunities. An examination of the designs and assumptions of the writing skills internship program in the English Department…
Descriptors: College English, English Departments, Higher Education, Individual Development
Duke, Charles R. – 1978
The purposes of the Basic Writing Skills Assessment Project, begun in the spring of 1977, were to provide a review and assessment of the existing English proficiency program and to develop a data base on which generalizations might be made about the status of writing skills at Plymouth State College. This report was written on the basis of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
White, Edward M. – 1979
Addressing the issue of testing and evaluation in English at the university level, this paper focuses on the development and use of the English Placement Test developed by the California State University system. The discussion of this testing program is placed within a framework of four testing principles: testing is an essential part of learning…
Descriptors: English Departments, English Instruction, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Houston, Robert – 1981
Standardized tests of writing ability have individual and shared limitations and deficiencies that should be acknowledged by test designers and users. Most institutions use the portions of standardized tests that test ability to proofread and edit, but they do not use the optional essay sections that actually require students to write. To assure…
Descriptors: College English, English Departments, Essay Tests, Higher Education
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Kurilich, Frances, Ed. – Inside English, 1979
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations and major curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance
Bilson, Barbara, Ed. – Inside English, 1982
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues in volume 8 include the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
