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ERIC Number: EJ367293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Statewide Direct Writing Assessment.
Peckham, Irvin
English Journal, v76 n8 p30-34 Dec 1987
Criticizes the California Assessment Program (CAP) prior to l987 for testing writing skills objectively. Describes the specific improvements in the new CAP Directed Writing Assessment which focuses on the most important characteristics necessary to a particular type of writing rather than those that are common to all types.(NH)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Measurement Techniques, Objective Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Theory, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Assessment Program; Writing Assignments