An investigation of academic writing in secondary schools to inform the development of diagnostic classroom assessments

Assessing Writing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-273

  Llosa, Lorena ^a   Beck, Sarah W ^a   Zhao, Cecilia Guanfang ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assessment; English language learners, Classroom assessment; Exposition argument; Secondary school; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053569166     PISSN: 10752935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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