![]() | Assessing the Teaching of Writing: Twenty-First Century Trends and Technologies Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Evaluation; Report writing -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation; English Teachers -- Rating of -- United States; College teachers -- Rating of -- United States; Although fraught with politics and other perils, teacher evaluation can contribute in important, positive ways to faculty development at both the individual and the departmental levels. Yet the logistics of creating a valid assessment are complicated. Inconsistent methods, rater bias, and overreliance on student evaluation forms have proven problematic. The essays in Assessing the Teaching of Writing demonstrate constructive ways of evaluating teacher performance, taking into consideration the immense number of variables involved. Amy E. Dayton is associate professor of English at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include historiography, community literacy, language attitudes, literacy in literature, assessment/teacher training, composition theory/pedagogy, and models and methods for community outreach. |
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