Assessing writing : a critical sourcebook / edited by Brian Huot, Peggy O'Neill. - Huot, Brian A.; O'Neill, Peggy, 1963- (Boston : Bedford/St. Martins ; Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, 2009)
An introduction to writing assessment theory and practice -- Foundations -- Direct and indirect measures for large-scale evaluation of writing / L.Ramon Veal and Sally Ann Hudson -- Holisticism / Edward M. White -- Reliability issues in holistic assessment / Roger D. Cherry and Paul R. Meyer -- The worship of efficiency: untangling theoretical and practical consideration in writing assessment / Michael Williamson -- Can there be validity without reliability / Pamela A. Moss -- Portfolios as a substitute for proficiency examinations / Peter Elbow and Pat Belanoff -- Changing the model for the direct assessment of writing / Roberta Camp -- Looking back as we look forward: historicizing writing assessment / Kathleen Blake Yancey -- Testing the test of the test: a response to "multiple inquiry in the validation of writing tests" / Pamela A. Moss -- Toward a new theory of writing assessment / Brian Huot -- Models -- The Importance of teacher knowledge in college composition placement testing / William L. Smith -- Adventuring into writing assessment / Richard Haswell and Susan Wyche-Smith -- Portfolio negotiations: acts in speech / Russel K. Durst, Marjorie Roemer, and Lucille M. Schultz -- Directed self-placement: an attitude of orientation / Daniel J. Royer and Roger Gilles -- WAC assessment and internal audiences: a dialogue / Richard Haswell and Susan McLeod -- A process for establishing outcomes-based assessment plans for writing and speaking in the disciplines / Michael Carter -- Issues -- Influences on evaluators of expository essays: beyond the text / Sarah Warshauer Freedman -- "Portfolio scoring": a contradiction in terms / Robert L. Broad -- Questioning assumptions about portfolio-based assessments / Liz Hamp-Lyons and William Condon -- Rethinking portfolios for evaluation writing: issues of assessment and power / Brian Huot and Michael M. Williamson -- The challenges of second-language writing assessment / Liz Hamp-Lyons -- Expanding the dialogue on culture as a critical component when assessing writing / Arnetha F. Ball -- Gender bias and critique of student writing / Richard H. Haswell and Janis Tedesco Haswell -- Validity of automated scoring: prologue for a continuing discussion of machine scoring student writing / Michael M. Williamson.
Includes additional readings (p. 457-472)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: English language -- Study and teaching; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation; Portfolios in education -- Evaluation