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Peer reviewedDudley, Martha – English Journal, 1997
Details the history of California's experience with large-scale writing assessment. Describes the introduction, development, and scoring of the California Assessment Program, later renamed the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS). Discusses controversies over removal of certain writing prompts and objections to CLAS. Notes that funding for…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Politics of Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textBond, Linda A.; King, Diane – 1995
This paper explores some of the obstacles to implementation of tests required for graduation by describing state programs in existence as of October 1994 in which students were required to pass a test in order to receive a high school diploma. A survey of state testing directors used to construct the State Student Assessment Program Database was…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
