Billie F. Birnie

Assessing Writing (eBook, PDF)

A Guide for Teachers, School Leaders, and Evaluators

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book on assessing writing is designed for teachers, school leaders, and evaluators. It begins with a collection of assessment practices that will increase teachers' efficiency and effectiveness as they guide students in learning how to think and write successfully. The second section includes step-by-step procedures, prompts, and rubrics for conducting on-demand, timed writing assessments, either for diagnosis of students' skills or for analysis of instruction. The final section explains how to develop and measure interrater reliability, the extent to which assessors agree on the quality of student writing-a critical component for any faculty that seeks to increase the efficacy of their teaching. Whether readers wish to assess the thinking and writing of students in one class, one school, or a whole district, this book will show them how.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 74
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216279488
• Artikelnr.: 74626221

Autorenporträt

Billie F. Birnie has been teaching writing most of her life, first to students in elementary, middle, and senior high schools, and in recent years, to prospective and veteran teachers. Her experience in writing assessment spans several decades and ranges from classroom practice to district-wide testing.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Assessment Practices for Teachers
Chapter 2: Conducting a Writing Assessment
Chapter 3: Establishing Interrater Reliability
Appendices
A. Proofreading Notations
B. Prompts Appropriate for Timed, On-Demand Writing Assessment
C. Sample Instructions and Prompt for Assessment
D. Sample Answer Sheet
E. Table for Recording Students' Performance on Writing Assessment
F. Analytic Rubric, Quantified
G. Sample Individual Report of Interrater Reliability
H. Sample Database and Preliminary Analysis for Study of Interrater
Reliability
Resources
References
About the Author