Assessing writing

Author

• Weigle, Sara Cushing

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Language

English

ISBN

9780521784467

Series

The Cambridge language assessment series

Subject(s)

• EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE-WRITTEN ENGLISH-ABILITY TESTING
• WRITING-ABILITY TESTING

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 245-260. Index: p.261-268

Abstract

Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the theory behind the practice of assessing a student's writing abilities.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xiv, 268 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

-

Summary / Review / Table of Content

The nature of writing ability --
Basic considerations in assessing writing --
Research in large-scale writing assessment --
Designing writing assessment tasks --
Scoring procedures for writing assessment --
Illustrative tests of writing --
Beyond the timed impromptu test : classroom writing assessment --
Portfolio assessment --
The future of writing assessment.

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