The Principles of Constructing a Rating Scale for Diagnostic Writing Assessment

DOI

10.2991/meess-18.2018.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Principles, rating scale, diagnostic writing assessment

Abstract

Diagnostic writing assessment is significant in learning and teaching writing as it can provide meaningful feedback information to help teachers recognize their students’ strengths and weaknesses. But the popular rating scales are mostly confined to the realization of the performance assessment purpose only. Thus, it is necessary to study the related fields concerning a scale for the diagnostic purpose. By reviewing the popular rating scales nowadays, this paper explores the principles of constructing a rating scale for diagnostic writing assessment. Four principles, including reliability, validity, feasibility, and amenability, are put forward and are discussed in detail. This study is meaningful in probing into a relatively untouched field and providing useful guidance to the development of a diagnostic rating scale.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TI  - The Principles of Constructing a Rating Scale for Diagnostic Writing Assessment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences (MEESS 2018)
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