Assessing Students' Skills at Writing Analytically in Response to Texts

Autor/inn/en	Correnti, Richard; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Hamilton, Laura; Wang, Elaine
Titel	Assessing Students' Skills at Writing Analytically in Response to Texts
Quelle	In: Elementary School Journal, 114 (2013) 2, S.142-177 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-5984
DOI	10.1086/671936
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Reader Response; Writing Skills; Standardized Tests; State Standards; Accountability; Scores; Logical Thinking; Writing Tests; Evaluation Methods; Reading Tests; Grade 4; Thinking Skills; Cognitive Processes; Reading Comprehension; Test Validity; Student Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Psychometrics; Urban Schools; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leserbrief; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Verantwortung; Writing test; Schreibtest; Lesetest; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Denkfähigkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Leseverstehen; Testvalidität; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	Despite the importance of writing analytically in response to texts, there are few assessments measuring students' mastery of this skill. This manuscript describes the development of a response-to-text assessment (RTA) intended for use in research. In a subsequent validity investigation we examined whether the RTA distinguished among classrooms in students' ability to write analytically in response to text and whether measures of teaching predicted this variation. We demonstrate that the RTA was correlated with the state standardized assessment, but did not overlap with this accountability test completely and, additionally, that more variation between classrooms existed on the RTA. Students' opportunities for reasoning and extended writing in the classroom were significantly associated with RTA scores. The findings suggest that the RTA can be a valuable tool for conducting research on students' attainment of analytic writing skills and for understanding how teaching relates to student achievement on these skills. (Contains 12 notes, 6 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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