Teaching ESL
OPTIONS IN WRITING ASSESSMENT : AN EXPLORATION
Introduction
I would like to start by raising a few questions :
1st. What direction should assessment of writing take ?
2nd. Should it assess samples of daily work such as a journal entries or portfolio writing?
3rd. Or is the notion of general assessment completely out of synchronization with the mega-trends in education where assessment and response to writing have become revolutionary ? I will attempt to answer these questions as
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learn more than they can when attempting to decipher teacher-written commentary on their own.
Meeting individually with students is one of the most valuable services a teacher can perform. In the context of assessment and response to student writing one-on-one conferences round out the process of discovering the needs of students, especially the first conference. Sommer (1989) further suggests that, the teacher should arrange to meet with students one-on-one after the latter have completed writing samples.
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