Winner of the 2015 CPTSC Award for Excellence in Program Assessment Written for those
who design, redesign, and assess writing programs, Very Like a Whale is an intensive …

This review examines directed self-placement, a placement tool that provides students with
information about curricular options and asks each student to self-select into any first-year …

The problem of poor writing skills at the postsecondary level is a large and troubling one.
This study investigated the writing skills of low-skilled adults attending college …

In this article, we investigate disparate impact analysis as a validation tool for understanding
the local effects of writing assessment on diverse groups of students. Using a case study …

Increasing postsecondary access depends in large part on enhancing underrepresented
students' writing ability, or college writing readiness. However, what exactly constitutes …

Legacies of imperialist thought permeate understandings and uses of validity. This essay
discusses the ways in which the concept of validity creates the colonial difference as it …

Abstract Directed Self-Placement (DSP) is an approach that brings together self-efficacy and
course selection to guide enrollment of college students into first-year writing courses. The …

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has served as an influential legal framework for addressing
intentional (disparate treatment) and unintentional (disparate impact) discrimination. While …

This study was conducted to better understand the difficulties faced by underprepared
college readers, including those enrolled in Developmental Education (DE) programs. The …

The relationship between instruction and assessment has always been problematic. Framed
as a struggle between the force of systems and integrity of individualism, writing assessment …