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Direct linkJeffery, Jill V. – Assessing Writing, 2009
Persistent gaps between optimistic state and pessimistic national academic performance assessment results are increasingly leading to calls for unified national standards in the US. Critics argue that these gaps reveal vast differences in how proficiency is conceptualized; however, little is known about how conceptualizations compare among…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, National Standards, Performance Tests
Beck, Sarah W.; Jeffery, Jill V. – Assessing Writing, 2007
High-stakes writing assessments currently exert a strong influence on the writing curriculum and instruction in schools across the United States. Under these circumstances it is important to examine the construct of writing competence on which these assessments are based, as well as the extent to which this construct supports the goals of…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Task Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Literary Genres
