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Direct linkSlomp, David H. – Assessing Writing, 2012
This article discusses three sets of challenges involved in the assessment of writing from a developmental perspective. These challenges include defining a workable theory of development, developing a suitable construct, and overcoming limitations in technocentric approaches to writing assessment. In North America in recent years, a burgeoning…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Writing Ability
Slomp, David H. – Assessing Writing, 2008
Test-based accountability programs are designed to promote improved standards of teaching and learning within the systems of education that they are connected to. Brenan [Brenan, A. L. (2006). "Perspectives on the evolution and future of educational measurement." In: Robert (Ed.), "Educational measurement" (4th ed., pp. 1-16). Westport, CT:…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Program Effectiveness
Slomp, David H.; Fuite, Jim – Assessing Writing, 2004
Specialists in the field of large-scale, high-stakes writing assessment have, over the last forty years alternately discussed the issue of maximizing either reliability or validity in test design. Factors complicating the debate--such as Messick's (1989) expanded definition of validity, and the ethical implications of testing--are explored. An…
Descriptors: Information Theory, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Test Validity
