A Rhetorical Analysis of Timed Writing Assessments 

at the California State University:

     Examining Educational Myths of "Equity" and "Cultural Relevance"  in High-Stakes Testing

                                                                                                          

Lisa Tremain

English 651/ Rhetoric and Composition Theory

Dr. Steven Wexler

Fall 2007


"If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue."
                                                                   -bell hooks

 

 

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Links

  • Wexler's Rhetorical Theory

    Class Page

  • a blog about timed writing
  • Writing the Paradigm  
  • the work of bell hooks

  • Toward a Bakhtinian View of Language

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