Developing and examining validity evidence for the Writing Rubric to Inform Teacher Educators (WRITE) Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2019 Elsevier Inc. Assessment is an under-researched challenge of writing development, instruction, and teacher preparation. One reason for the lack of research on writing assessment in teacher preparation is that writing achievement is multi-faceted and difficult to measure consistently. Additionally, research has reported that teacher educators and preservice teaches may have limited assessment literacy knowledge. In previous studies, researchers have struggled to provide strong evidence of validity, reliability, and fairness across raters, writing samples, and rubric items. In the present study, we fill several gaps in the research literature by developing a rubric, the Writing Rubric to Inform Teacher Educators (WRITE), which utilizes a structure that promotes assessment literacy while raters score samples. Furthermore, using modern measurement theory, we strengthen the field's understanding of writing assessment by providing evidence of validity, reliability, and fairness of scores to support the interpretation and use of the WRITE.

published proceedings

  • ASSESSING WRITING

altmetric score

  • 2.6

author list (cited authors)

  • Hodges, T. S., Wright, K. L., Wind, S. A., Matthews, S. D., Zimmer, W. K., & McTigue, E.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Hodges, Tracey S||Wright, Katherine Landau||Wind, Stefanie A||Matthews, Sharon D||Zimmer, Wendi K||McTigue, Erin

publication date

  • April 2019