Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment

Name: Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment
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ISBN: 9780325008561

ISBN-10: 0325008566

ISBN-13: 9780325008561

Edition: 2006

Authors: Maja Wilson, Alfie Kohn

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The book you're about to read is not only a superb analysis of rubrics but a lesson in how to apply careful thinking to classroom practice. - Alfie Kohn, Author of The Case Against Standardized Testing This book will create the conversations educators desperately needabout accurate assessment, quality in writing, and informed teaching. - Randy Bomer, Author of For a Better World The conventional wisdom in English education is that rubrics are the best and easiest tools for assessment. But sometimes it's better to be unconventional. In Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment, Maja Wilson offers a new perspective on rubrics and argues for a better, more responsive way to think about…

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List price: $29.65
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 1/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.29" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Maja Wilson teaches high school English in Ludington, Michigan, where she lives with her partner and two sons.



Introduction:When Best Practice and Our Deepest Convictions Are at Odds



My Trouble with Rubrics



There Is a Cow in Our Classrooms: How Rubrics Became Writing Assessmentrsquo;s Sacred Cow



The Broken Promises of Rubrics



The Golden Rule of Assessment: Why Is It So Difficult to Practice What We Preach?



The Heart of a New Writing Assessment Paradigm: Agreeing to Disagree



Making Our Subjectivity Transparent and Useful: What Response Unmediated by Rubrics Looks Like in Our Classrooms



But How Shall We Grade? Investing in Process for the Sake of Product



How Do We Make Time to Make It Meaningful? And Other Questions About Assessment Without Rubrics


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