> ''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.''
>
>[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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