Examining the cycle of assessing writing in MENA contexts: Trends, challenges and best practice recommendations

Lee McCallum, Christine Coombe

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Abstract

Understanding the cyclical nature of the assessment process is key to teachers developing and maintaining a degree of assessment literacy. Over the last two decades, technology has emerged to contribute to various stages of the assessment process with teachers expected to incorporate this aspect into their literacy toolbox. This article examines how the process of assessing writing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has evolved to include technology as an aspect of assessment literacy across five areas of the assessment cycle: test design, test administration, methods of assessment, feedback to students and their inter-related effects on pedagogy. In doing so, the article contributes to assessment literature by outlining relevant issues that occur across these five areas and providing best practice recommendations for teachers involved in the assessment cycle.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-99
Number of pages21
JournalEuropean Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL
Volume10
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - May 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Assessment literacy
  • MENA
  • Writing assessment
  • Writing research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Linguistics and Language
  • Language and Linguistics

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