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Moss, P. A. Testing the Test of the Test: A Response to Multiple Inquiry in the Validation
of Writing Tests
Haswell suggests that the act of evaluation of a piece of writing carries social
implications as a social device. This not only applies to the individual whose work
is being appraised, but also to each participant involved in appraising and judging
the work. Participants, or stakeholders involved in the process are encouraged
to be of different backrounds, even biases, so as to provoke the full extent of
analysis. This approach of multiple inquiry is valid, but Haswells article does not
adequately achieve the full extent of his introductory presentation, as it does not
reflect the full capabilities of an ideally approached method of multiple inquiry.
Haswell could have approached his final cause with more additional research to
answer some of his questions which were left unanswered. These sources of
research, surprisingly enough, exist outside of the field of research on validity
theory in educational measurement, but in the social sciences. Outwardly, into
fields of research outside of validity theory, much more may be extrapolated that
further supports what Haswell has suggested, but left unsupported.
Veal, L. R. and Hudson, S. A. Direct and Indirect Measure for Lage-Scale Evaluation of
Writing
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Perelman, L.
It has been suggested, among many causes, that the ever-rising costs of college
education can be pinned on the excessive demands of luxury from students in
attendance, while in reality, the steep rise in the price of education is simply due to
superfluous monetary compensation for teaching assistants. Luxurious
accommodations offered by universities may be expensive, but in the long run, it causes
beneficial revenue increase, and provides the benefit for students earning an education
in comfort. On the other hand, compensation offered to teaching assistants is excessive,
and unnecessarily so. Through unionization, influential connections, and general control
over the academic environs, it is only logical that teaching assistants can achieve
influence regarding their own salaries.