Reimagining Writing Assessment : From Scales to Stories
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Description
"This book is for teachers who want to honor their students' experiences as writers and readers-and their own." -Maja Wilson
In Reimagining Writing Assessment, Maja Wilson shows us that by replacing the scales embedded in rubrics with new tools--an array of interpretive lenses designed to observe and describe growth-we can create healthier readers and writers who are more proficient in the long run and more motivated to read and write. She reminds us that "assess" in its Latin derivation means "sit beside." In this book she models new ways of "sitting beside," listening to student stories of the writing, respecting the writer's intentions, and telling stories of our reading.
Taking the form of conversations, Maja's new definition of writing assessment is not an outcome or final evaluation: it is an ongoing process in which writers and readers make meaning from texts and attempts, from intentions and effects. In this process, teachers come to understand how to teach and talk with each student about writing differently. And students learn to understand and take control of their own development as decision-makers.
ISBN
978-0325074788
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Heinemann
City
Portsmouth
Keywords
writing assessment
Disciplines
Education | Educational Methods
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Maja, "Reimagining Writing Assessment : From Scales to Stories" (2018). Faculty and Staff Books. 76.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/76
