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Guidelines for Describing Three Aspects of Writing: Syntax, Cohesion and Mechanics.
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Mullis, Ina V. S.; Mellon, John C. – 1980
The approaches used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to characterize syntax, cohesion and mechanics are described. These approaches are different from the Primary Trait System, a scheme used by NAEP for rating essays. Part one of the publication describes the procedures NAEP used to characterize differences in syntactic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Evaluation Methods, National Competency Tests
Procedural Handbook: 1978-79 Writing Assessment.
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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
The third (1978-79) of three writing assessments conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is reported. The writing achievement of American 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds was surveyed using a deeply stratified, multistage probability sample design. The specific procedures used in the assessment to develop objectives and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment