EJ562433 CS755246
Title: Toward the Instructional Utility of Large-Scale Writing Assessment:
Validation of a New Narrative Rubric.
Author(s): Gearhart, Maryl; Herman, Joan L.; Novak, John R.; Wolf, Shelby A.
Source: Assessing Writing, v2 n2 p207-42 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 1075-2935
Availability: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, Norwood, NJ 07648.
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1998
Discusses the possible disjunct between what is good for large-scale assessment
and what is
good for teaching and learning. Represents one attempt to "marry"
large-scale and classroom
perspectives. Presents background and rationale
for a new narrative rubric that was designed
to support classroom instruction.
Presents evidence for the validity of the Writing What You
Read framework.
(PA)
Descriptors: Higher Education; *Instructional Effectiveness;
Models; Scoring; Student
Evaluation; Validity; *Writing Evaluation; Writing
Research
Identifiers: *Large Scale Assessment; Rater Reliability
