ERIC Number: EJ813778
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 52
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
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Symposium: Assessment
Anson, Chris M.; Perelman, Les; Poe, Mya; Sommers, Nancy
College Composition and Communication, v60 n1 p113-164 Sep 2008
This article presents four symposium papers on assessment. It includes: (1) "Closed Systems and Standardized Writing Tests" (Chris M. Anson); (2) "Information Illiteracy and Mass Market Writing Assessments" (Les Perelman); (3) "Genre, Testing, and the Constructed Realities of Student Achievement" (Mya Poe); and (4) "The Call of Research: A Longitudinal View of Writing Development" (Nancy Sommers). (Contains 5 notes.)
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Illiteracy, Writing Instruction, Academic Achievement, Writing (Composition), College Students, Global Approach, Accountability, Administrators, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
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Education Level: Higher Education
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