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 Windows are broken, bathrooms unusable, and classroom equipment hopelessly out of date.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."
- What is an important discovery within the last 100 years? 85
- 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
- Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve the growing traffic and pollution problems.To what extent do you agree or disagree?What other measures do you think might be effective? 75
- Would you prefer to be outside or would you prefer to be inside for your leisure activities?Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 80
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?In twenty years, there will be fewer cars in use than there are today. 85
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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