The following appeared in an editorial in the Bayside Sentinel.
"Bayside citizens need to consider raising local taxes if they want to see improvements in the Bayside School District. Test scores, graduation and college admission rates, and a number of other indicators have long made it clear that the Bayside School District is doing poor job educating our youth. Our schools run down. Windows are broken, bathrooms unusable, and classroom equipment hopelessly out of date. Yet just across the Bay, in New Harbor, school facilities are up to date and in good condition. The difference is money; New Harbor spends twenty-seven percent more per student than Bayside does, and test scores and other indicators of students are stronger in New Harbor as well."
- Do you agree or disagree with the statement?It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than it is for them to learn facts. 90
- "One recent research study has indicated that many adolescents need more sleep than they are getting, and another study has shown that many high school students in our city are actually dissatisfied with their own academic performance. As a way of combati 60
- Is it better to move around or to stay in one place? 75
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?The decision that people make quickly are always wrong. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. 90
- Study individually or with a group? 80
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.0 out of 6
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 14 15
No. of Words: 361 350
No. of Characters: 1840 1500
No. of Different Words: 199 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.359 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.097 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.66 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 141 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 105 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 70 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 47 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.786 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.297 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.643 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.327 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.61 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.1 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5