Validity evidence for a formative writing engagement assessment in elementary grades

This article reports on the implementation of a formative assessment tool (the Writing Engagement Scale, or WES) in grades 3–5 schools United States. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to collect validity evidence for WES our population. Results demonstrated acceptable and reliability. In addition, survey results indicated that teachers perceived be useful as writing assessment. make case provides an opportunity inform teachers’ practice help researchers understand dimensions students’ engagement writing.