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2. College Level Examination Program - Wikipedia

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   CLEP tests are primarily multiple-choice exams (though some include fill-in or ordering questions, and one College Composition exam has an essay section) which are scored on a scale from 20 to 80. The majority of schools grant credit for a score of 50 or higher, but passing scores are determined by the individual schools and may vary.

3. AP English Language and Composition - Wikipedia

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   AP English Language and Composition is a course in the study of rhetoric taken in high school. Many schools offer this course primarily to juniors and the AP English Literature and Composition course to seniors. Other schools reverse the order, and some offer both courses to both juniors and seniors.

4. First-year composition - Wikipedia

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   In addition to a focus on rhetoric, many first year composition courses also emphasize the writing process, [5] and students are encouraged to interact with classmates and receive feedback to be used for revision. These practices can take the form of essay peer review or workshopping. Portfolios are a common way of assessing revised student ...

5. Theories of rhetoric and composition pedagogy - Wikipedia

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   Radical expressivists Charles Deemer and William Lutz also suggest that English composition should be taught as and considered a sort of Happening. Deemer locates the problem with the composition course in its lack of subject content and asserts that writing demands inspiration that can be attained from teacher-induced Happenings, as "clear ...

6. Holistic grading - Wikipedia

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   In 1973 teachers in the California State University and Colleges system used the Advanced Placement adjusted-rater system to score essays written by matriculating students for advance English composition credit. [47] Pooled-rater holistic scoring was tested as early as 1950 by the Educational Testing Service (using the term "wholistic"). [48]

7. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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   Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.

8. Composition studies - Wikipedia

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   Composition studies (also referred to as composition and rhetoric, rhetoric and composition, writing studies, or simply composition) is the professional field of writing, research, and instruction, [1] focusing especially on writing at the college level in the United States.

9. Achievement Test in English Composition - Wikipedia

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   The Achievement Test in English Composition, later SAT II: Writing, was a one-hour standardized test given on English composition by the College Entrance Examination Board as part of college admissions in the United States. A student chose whether to take the test depending upon the entrance requirements for the schools in which the student was ...