文档介绍：A GUIDE TO COLLEGE WRITING ASSESSMENT
A GUIDE TO COLLEGE
WRITING ASSESSMENT
PEGGY O’NEILL
CINDY MOORE
BRIAN HUOT
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Logan, Utah
2009
Utah State University Press
Logan, Utah 84322-7800
© 2009 Utah State University Press
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ISBN: 978-0-87421-732-2 (paper)
ISBN: 978-0-87421-733-9 (e-book)
Cover design by Barbara Yale-Read
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
O’Neill, Peggy.
A guide to college writing assessment / Peggy O’Neill, Cindy Moore, Brian Huot.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87421-732-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-87421-733-9 (e-book)
1. English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation. 2. English language--Compo-
sition and exercises--Study and teaching--Evaluation. 3. College prose--Evaluation. I. Moore, Cindy. II.
Huot, Brian A. III. Title.
2009
808’.042076--dc22
2008054892
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
1 Introduction: Embracing the Power of Assessment 1
2 Historicizing Writing Assessment 14
3 Considering Theory 35
4 Attending to Context 59
5 Assessing Student Writers: Placement 80
6 Assessing Student Writers: Proficiency 94
7 Conducting Writing Program Assessments 109
8 Evaluating Writing Faculty and Instruction 137
Appendix A: Timeline: Contextualizing Key Events in the History of
Writing Assessment 157
Appendix B: Writing Assessment: A Position Statement, the Conference
on position mittee on
Assessment 161
Appendix C: Sample Scoring Rubrics 169
Appendix D: Sample Classroom Observation Form 174
Appendix E: Sample e-Based Student Survey 177
Appendix F: Sample Teaching Portfolio Table of Contents 180
Appendix G: Sample Course Portfolio Directions 181
Appendix H: Sample Course Portfolio Reading Guidelines 184
Appendix I: Getting Started Guide for Program Assessment 186
Appendix J: Sample Program Assessment Surveys 188