Today in Methods of Teaching English In the Secondary School, we discussed assessment and the various problems that come with assessing creating writing. Professor Dewar shared that there are three different things a teacher can focus on:
1. Compliance: did the student do what was asked?
2. Competence: Did the student write something well?
3. Growth: How much growth has the student made as a writer?
Obviously, all three are things we should take into consideration when assessing a student's writing, which is in itself a tricky thing to do. How do we grade a creative piece of writing?
One thing seems clear, that if we do create a rubric, it is important for the students to have a part in creating it.
It seems, however, that extensive comments and feedback can help students a lot more than a grade would on these types of assignments.
Rethinking Writing Rubrics by Maja Wilson is a good resource on this topic:
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