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Assessing Assessment

Tricia M. Farwell, Leon Alligood, Sharon Fitzgerald, and Ken Blake

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator 2014 71:1, 28-49

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Tricia M. Farwell, Leon Alligood, Sharon Fitzgerald, and Ken Blake

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator 2014 71:1, 28-49

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Assessing Assessment: Evaluating Outcomes and Reliabilities of Grammar, Math, and Writing Skill Measures in an Introductory Journalism Course

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Tricia M. Farwell¹

1Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA
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, Leon Alligood¹

1Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA
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1Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA
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First Published September 25, 2014 Research Article

https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695814551829

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Volume: 71 issue: 1, page(s): 28-49

Article first published online: September 25, 2014; Issue published: March 1, 2016

Tricia M. Farwell¹, Leon Alligood¹, Sharon Fitzgerald¹, Ken Blake¹

¹Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Corresponding Author: Tricia M. Farwell, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 64, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. Email: tricia.farwell@mtsu.edu

Abstract

This article introduces an objective grammar and math assessment and evaluates the assessment’s outcome and reliability when fielded among eighty-one students in media writing courses. In addition, the article proposes a rubric for grading straight news leads and compares the rubric’s reliability with the reliability of rating straight news leads on an “A to F” scale without the guidance of a rubric. The study found evidence suggesting all three assessments may be useful tools in evaluating student learning in basic media writing courses.

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assessment, media writing, grammar, math, student evaluation, rubrics

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