A followup oops: Jeffrey Nellhaus is in charge of the Massachusetts
Comprehensive Assessment System, the high-stakes exams launched in Mass. in
1998. Someone else is doing the Texas assessment.
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:34:24 -0400
>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>From: Peter Smagorinsky <psmagorinsky@home.com>
>Subject: Re: Scoring writing in Texas
>
>The story must be a few days old and removed to their archives; my
>regrets. Peter
>At 10:43 AM 4/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>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.
>>
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>>>>[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>http://www.boston.com/dailynews/102/region/MCAS_essay_questions_released_:.sht
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