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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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The Rise and Fall of a Statewide Assessment System
- Source: English Journal, Volume 86, Issue Alternative Assessment, Jan 1997, p. 15 - 20
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- 01 Jan 1997
Abstract
Details the history of California’s experience with large-scale writing assessment. Describes the introduction, development, and scoring of the California Assessment Program, later renamed the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS). Discusses controversies over removal of certain writing prompts and objections to CLAS. Notes that funding for CLAS was vetoed in 1994.
© 1997 by the National Council of Teachers of English