Synopses & Reviews
Many universities support writing assessment programs. These same universities also have writing instruction programs, which might include writing centers, writing-across-the-curriculum initiatives, and freshman composition programs. This book fully analyzes the nationally recognized writing-assessment and instruction program at Washington State University to show the process through which the program evolved and to offer guidance to other institutions planning to implement similar integrated programs.
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I Program History: Three Narratives -- 1 The Continuing Program: A Retrospective View -- Richard Law -- 2 Authoring an Exam: Adventuring into Large-Scale -- Writing Assessment -- Richard H. Haswell and Susan Wyche -- 3 An Assessment Office within a Writing Center: -- The Butterfly Effect -- Lisa Johnson-Shull and Susan Wyche -- Part II Toward Outcomes -- 4 The Two-Tier Rating System: The Need -- for Ongoing Change -- Richard H. Haswell -- 5 The Obvious Placement: The Addition of Theory -- Richard H. Haswell -- 6 Exploring the Difficult Cases: In the Cracks of -- Writing Assessment -- Galen Leonhardy and William Condon -- Part II The Cirde of Assessment and Instruction -- 7 Writes of Passage: Conceptualizing the Relationship -- of Writing Center and Writing Assessment Practices -- Lisa Johnson-Shull and Diane Kelly-Riley -- 8 Taking the "Basic" out of "Basic Writing" -- Susan Wyche -- 9 Value-Added Studies: Defending the Circle -- Richard H. Haswell -- 10 Validation: Part of the Circle -- Richard H. Haswell -- Part IV Beyond Outcomes -- 11 Students as Stakeholders: Maintaining a Responsive -- Assessment -- Jennie Nelson and Diane Kelly-Riley -- 12 Faculty Opinion and Experience: The Writing Portfolio -- Fiona Glade, Diane Kelly-Riley, Susan McLeod, and -- William Condon -- 13 Working with Administrators: A Dialogue on Dialogue -- Richard H. Haswell and Susan McLeod -- Part V Program Future: Eight Questions -- 14 Whither? Some Questions, Some Answers -- William Condon, Fiona Glade, Richard H. Haswell, -- Lisa Johnson-Shull, Diane Kelly-Riley, Galen Leonhardy, -- Jennie Nelson, Susan McLeod, and Susan Wyche -- Appendices -- A The Writing Program at Washington State University: -- A Time Line -- B Writing Placement Essay Prompts- -- Washington State University -- C Information Rating Sheet.