Catherine Welch, Stephen Dunbar, Jeongmin Ji, Annette Vernon, Junhee Park
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Abstract
The focus of this study is on the relationship between response time and performance for students completing an evidence-based writing assessment as part of a state’s accountability plan. Within an untimed testing administration, this study examined the difference in performance between English Learners and Non-English Learners across four different writing traits. The differences observed lead to recommendations for assessment administration and the appropriate allocation of testing time and teaching strategies for taking the assessment.
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Assessing Writing is a refereed international journal providing a forum for ideas, research and practice on the assessment of written language. Assessing Writing publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges concerning writing assessments of all kinds, including traditional (direct and standardised forms of) testing of writing, alternative performance assessments (such as portfolios), workplace sampling and classroom assessment. The journal focuses on all stages of the writing assessment process, including needs evaluation, assessment creation, implementation, and validation, and test development.