Classroom Assessment Examples - Writing
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The Assessment Process
All of the following examples reflect this assessment process. It is important to be aware of where we are in the process, what we need to do to prepare for the next step, and how those decisions and results can be used to improve our future use of classroom assessment. |
| If you want to assess students’… | then have students... |
| Completion and understanding of course readings |
• Write discussion questions prior to class • Keep a reading/learning log • Write a summary, brief, or précis • Write a book (or article) review |
| Ability to focus on the central point(s) of a course reading or concept |
• Write a summary, brief, or précis • Write a microtheme or “50-word essay” |
| Ability to synthesize and compare different research and/or arguments |
• Write a literature review • Write a book review comparing two or more recent books on a topic • Write an annotated bibliography • Write an argument or position paper |
| Ability to differentiate between ideas in a reading and their own ideas about that topic |
• Keep a reading/learning log • Write a “dialectical journal” |
| If you want to assess students’… | then have students... |
| Selection of evidence to support an argument or evaluation |
• Write an argument or position paper • Write a book (or article) review • Write an annotated bibliography • Write a “dialectical journal” |
| Ability to think or write like a scientist |
• Write an experimental or lab report • Write an annotated bibliography |
| Concision in writing |
• Write a microtheme or “50-word essay” • Write a summary, brief, or précis< |
| Ability to generalize or draw conclusions from data | • Write a proposal or prospectus for research |
| Creation of new knowledge |
• Write an experimental or lab report • Write a theory paper • Write an argument or position paper |
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