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Cynthia Puranik; Molly Duncan; Ying Guo – Grantee Submission, 2024
In the present study we examined the contributions of transcription and foundational oral language skills to written composition outcomes in a sample of kindergartners. Two hundred and eighty-two kindergarten students from 49 classrooms participated in this study. Children's writing-related skills were examined using various tasks. Latent…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Writing Skills, Beginning Writing
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Wohlwend, Karen E. – Language Arts, 2009
Writing assessment is a contested site where competing discourses overlap and invoke conflicting expectations, creating dilemmas for teachers who want to do what they believe is best for children and fulfill their school's writing targets. A critical look at assessment quandaries reveals surface dilemmas as clashes between overlapping discourses,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Writing Tests