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Behrens, Laurence – 1979
A competency test for writing that tests writing competency as an interdisciplinary skill called "academic writing" has been developed at The American University. The test focuses heavily on the subject and lightly on the writer or on the writer's sensibility. It avoids asking the student to write introspective "meditations," to take and defend a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
