The CBAL Summative Writing Assessment: A Draft Eighth-Grade Design CBAL

Author(s):

Deane, Paul; Fowles, Mary E.; Persky, Hilary R.

Publication Year:

2011

Report Number:

RM-11-01

Source:

ETS Research Memorandum

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

216

Subject/Key Words:

Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL), Summative Writing Assessment, Writing Competency Model, Six-Trait Scoring, Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing

Abstract

This memorandum describes the process and results of developing draft summative writing assessments within the CBAL Research Initiative (Cognitively Based Assessments of, for, and as Writing). It outlines four designs—each focused on a different skill—at the 8th grade level, reviews in detail the content of each design, and presents the motivation for the design decisions. It also briefly sketches initial results from preliminary pilots, where available, and connects each design to the 2008 CBAL Writing competency model.

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