Assessing Change in English Second Language Writing Performance

This book introduces a new framework for analyzing second language (L2) learners- written texts. The authors conducted a major study on changes and differences in English L2 learners- writing performance to advance understanding of the nature of L2 writing development over time, in relation to L2 instruction and testing, and to offer a model that professionals and researchers can use in their own longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of L2 writing development. Grounded in research, data, theory, and technology, this will be a welcome how-to for language test developers, scholars, and graduate students of (L2) writing and assessment.