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From the Hunter College Reading/Writing Center for the CUNY/ACT Basic Skills Tests, this rubric directs those who are grading the (New York City) city-wide exam.

JEC says that faculty must attend an 8-hour training session to learn to grade these exams -- and not all pass in the first session.

Presented by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, April 2010. This guide, "is the result of a year-long cross-foundation effort to develop common principles, approaches, and taxonomies to help staff decide how best to allocate time and resources for data collection and analysis." Link to the PDF of the full guide from this page.

By Kristen di Gennaro in Journal of Basic Writing, v 27(1), p. 61-79, 2008. This page, from the ERIC database, includes an abstract for this article. The article itself is subscription only. Please check with your local library for more assistance.

Online Games in different subjects (including math and English) "For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger."

on the Testing Center, York College - The City University of New York. Five scoring categories: 1. "Critical Response to the Writing Task and Text" 2."Development of Writer's Ideas": 3. Structure of the Response" 4. "Language Use: Sentences and Word Choice" 5. "Language Use: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics"

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on movetoireland.com "The national curriculum requires all students to take an extensive series of examinations. Students must pass 6 exams to earn a Leaving Certificate at the end of high school. There are honours level, ordinary level, and foundation level exams."

The State of Texas Academic Resource Link (STARLink) network provides over 150 hours of professional development programming annually to member colleges and universities. STARLink is an Agency of the Texas Association of Community Colleges

A webinar about Learning Outcomes, "Developing and Assessing Course Learning Objectives," was recommended by R.O. in December.