Re: Scoring writing in Texas

From: George McKinlay (mckinlay@unr.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 10:43:17 PDT


A liitle gem... Peter, the url wouldn't connect, any chance you could
post it again, thanks

On Monday, April 23, 2001, at 09:48 AM, Peter Smagorinsky wrote:

>
>> ''This is a test to see if they can write, and that's all,''
>> said Jeffrey Nellhaus, the state's associate commissioner for testing.
>> ''We won't measure the feasibility of their arguments.''
>>

Lest they measure the feasibility of his argument.

>> [The tests will be graded by teams of specially trained teachers this
>> summer, who will look for quality of writing, organization and use of
>> punctuation, spelling and grammar.]
>>
>> http://www.boston.com/dailynews/102/region/MCAS_essay_questions_released_:
>> .sht



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