TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Edward M.
TI  - Teaching and assessing writing: recent advances in understanding, evaluating, and improving student performance.
SN  - 096632336X (Calendar Islands pbk.)
AV  - LB1576.W58 
U1  - 808/.042/071 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Portland, Me.
PB  - Calendar Islands Publishers
KW  - English language
KW  - Composition and exercises
KW  - Ability testing
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Report writing
N1  - Originally published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1994; Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-325) and index; Contents: Assesment - A Critical tool in the teaching of writing: Assessment as treat and promise -- Assessment and the design of writing assignments  -- Using eassay tests -- How theories of reading affect response to writing -- Responding to student writing -- Using Portfolio -- Writing assessment beyond the classroom: Language and reality in writing assessment -- Assessing writing proficiency -- Selecting appropriate writing measures -- Organizing and managing holistic essay or portfolio readings -- Avoiding pitfalls in writing programs -- The Politics of assessment: past and future -- Resource A: Sample holistic scoring guide -- Resource B: Submission guidelines and scoring guidelines and scoring guide for portfolios -- Resource C: Guidelines for self- study to precede a writing program evaluation -- Resource D: Evaluation of the Writing-Across-the-curriculum program: Minnesota community college system
ER  -