(Re)Articulating Writing Assessment for Teaching and Learning

230 Pages·2013·0.74 MB·English

by  Brian Huot

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(RE)ARTICULATING WRITING
ASSESSMENT FOR TEACHING
AND LEARNING

(RE)ARTICULATING
WRITING ASSESSMENT FOR
TEACHING AND LEARNING
BRIAN HUOT
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Logan, Utah
ISBN 0-87421-470-X (E-BOOK)
Copyright © 2002 Utah State University Press
Logan, Utah 84322–7800
All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
Cover design by Sans Serif Inc.
A version of chapter three appeared in College EnglishVol 64, copyright © 2002 by the
National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission.
An early version of chapter four appeared in College Composition and Communication, Vol 47,
copyright © 1996 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Huot, Brian A.
(Re)articulating writing assessment for teaching and learning / Brian Huot.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-87421-449-1 (alk. paper)
1. English language—Rhetoric—Study and teaching. 2. Grading and
marking (Students) 3. Report writing—Evaluation. 4. College
prose—Evaluation. I. Title.
PE1404 .H86 2002
808'.042'071—dc21
2002010352
For Pam and Pat,
without whom many of the good things in my life
(like this book) would not be possible.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
1 (Re)Articulating Writing Assessment 1
2 Writing Assessment as a Field of Study 21
3 Assessing, Grading, Testing and
Teaching Writing 59
4 Toward a New Theory for Writing Assessment 81
5 Reading Like a Teacher 109
6 Writing Assessment as Technology
and Research 137
7 Writing Assessment Practice 165
Notes 192
References 195
Index 213
About the Author 217