NES EAS Writing (NT002) case studies
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The NES Essential Academic Skills Writing subtest (NT002) is one component of the Essential Academic Skills battery used by some state educator-credentialing programs as an admission requirement for teacher preparation. It is aimed at candidates entering an educator preparation program or seeking an initial teaching license, not at subject-matter specialists. The NES EAS Writing (NT002) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,298 words.
1Copyediting a Family Handbook Under a Formal Style Guide
A middle school publishes a family handbook. The assistant principal asks you to copyedit six sentences before printing 1,200 copies.
716 words, about 4 min2Tutoring a Scholarship Essay With a Comma Splice and a Dangling Modifier
A writing-center tutor is helping a student revise a 600-word scholarship essay. The paragraph under review begins: 'The internship changed my career goals, I now want to study public health.
642 words, about 3 min3Cutting a Grant Proposal Opening Without Losing Evidence
You are revising a 250-word grant proposal for a local food pantry. The draft's opening paragraph is 95 words: 'It is important to note that, in many cases, food insecurity can often be a problem that affects many families in our community.
690 words, about 3 min4Reordering an Argument Essay on Later School Start Times
A high school journalism adviser is editing a student's 900-word argument essay arguing that the school day should start at 8:30 a.m. The draft has this body-paragraph order: (1) a paragraph on sleep science and adolescent melatonin shifts; (2) a paragraph on a neighboring district's later start and its 12% drop in tardies; (3) a paragraph describing the writer's own morning routine and a favorite breakfast; (4) a paragraph on bus scheduling costs and a possible cost-neutral plan.
636 words, about 3 min5Allocating the Final Eight Minutes in a Constructed Response
A candidate is preparing a 30-minute constructed response for the NES EAS Writing test. The prompt asks: 'Should all high school students be required to complete 40 hours of community service to graduate?
614 words, about 3 min