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Download full textAbdullah Alshakhi – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Writing is an essential skill for EFL learners, and the development of flawless writing proficiency in English is the intended learner outcome of every writing course in an EFL program. Development of flawless writing skills involves perfection in orthography (spelling, punctuation, capitalization), grammaticality and syntax,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Direct linkEvensen, Lars Sigfred; Berge, Kjell Lars; Thygesen, Ragnar; Matre, Synnove; Solheim, Randi – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The Berge et al. article in this volume presents the functional construct of writing that underlies summative and formative assessment of writing as a key competency in Norway. A functional construct implies that specific acts of writing and their purposes constrain what is a relevant selection among the semiotic resources that writing generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Writing Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
McCabe, Don – 1982
This booklet presents a sentence dictation test designed to find which of the most commonly used words students need to learn how to spell. The 34 sentences that comprise the test in the booklet can be used for systematic spelling instruction in first or second grade and in upper-grade remedial classes. The test in the booklet can also be used to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Dictation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Johns, Jerry L.; Lenski, Susan Davis; Elish-Piper, Laurie – 1999
The purpose of this book is to assist teachers as they work with emergent readers and writers--children who are in the early stages of reading and writing development, typically in preschool through grade 2. Section 1 of the book presents an overview of emergent literacy. Section 2 consists of a group of 15 informal early literacy pretests. The…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedLuckner, John L.; Isaacson, Stephen – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1990
This article presents an overview of several written language assessment techniques, as well as a rationale and method for assessing the written expression of hearing-impaired individuals. Fluency, syntactic maturity, vocabulary, content, and conventions of notation are discussed; direct and indirect measures are compared; and a sample composition…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Writing (Composition)
Bauer, Robert K.; Shlechter, Theodore M. – 1990
This study addressed the writing of college educated officers compared to their overall performance in an introductory Army course. The effects of an effective writing (communicative skills) program and a remedial enrichment program were also examined. A total of 137 U.S. Army lieutenants, who were students in the 15-week Military Police Officer…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Introductory Courses
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1994
This sampler discusses California's English-language arts assessment program and presents examples of high school reading assessments, writing assessments, and writing prompts. The first section of the sampler takes an integrated look at Year One of the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS). The second section presents the scoring guide for…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High School Students, High Schools, Language Arts
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1994
This sampler discusses California's English-language arts assessment program and presents examples of elementary school reading assessments, writing assessments, and writing prompts. The first section of the sampler takes an integrated look at Year One of the California Learning Assessment System. The second section presents the scoring guide for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This sampler discusses California's English-language arts assessment program and presents examples of high school reading assessments, writing assessments, and writing prompts. The first section of the sampler takes an integrated look at the California's new English-language arts assessment. The second section presents the scoring guide for…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High School Students, High Schools, Language Arts
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This sampler discusses California's English-language arts assessment program and presents examples of elementary school reading assessments, writing assessments, and writing prompts. The first section of the sampler takes an integrated look at the changes which make up the new English-language arts assessment. The second section presents the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts
Matter, M. Kevin; And Others – 1990
The writing assessment used in grade 10 of the Cherry Creek, (Colorado) schools is described. Over the past 3 years, the focus of the assessment has changed from an assessment heavily weighted on multiple-choice items, with minimal constructed response tasks, to an assessment based entirely on a written product. Students are provided with multiple…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Educational Assessment, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1992
This sampler discusses California's English-language arts assessment program and presents examples of middle grades reading assessments, writing assessments, and writing prompts. The first section of the sampler takes an integrated look at the changes which make up the new English-language arts assessment. The second section presents the scoring…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Junior High Schools, Language Arts, Middle School Students
