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Knoch, Ute – Assessing Writing, 2011
Rating scales act as the de facto test construct in a writing assessment, although inevitably as a simplification of the construct (North, 2003). However, it is often not reported how rating scales are constructed. Unless the underlying framework of a rating scale takes some account of linguistic theory and research in the definition of…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Rating Scales, Linguistic Theory