Competency Testing and the Writing Center.

Leahy, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ440974

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Competency Testing and the Writing Center.

Leahy, Richard

WPA: Writing Program Administration, v15 n3 p41-56 Spr 1992

Asserts that competency testing as part of a writing program does not have to be a liability to the writing center. Describes the situation at Boise State University, where the writing center helps the students to prepare for the competency exams. Discusses each exam and the process of helping the students. (PRA)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Test Wiseness, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Writing Laboratories, Writing Processes, Writing Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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