Presenters: Kristen Getchell -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Brian Huot -- Kent State University
April Sikorski -- – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Michael M. Williamson -- – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Description: This panel will examine three different approaches to validating first-year writing placement practices to illustrate the multi-modal demands of validation inquiry. Paper one discusses students' perceptions of placement testing when they believe they have been placed in the wrong course. Paper two examines the contexts that influence readers' judgments about placement. Paper three examines the performance of students who choose to take a course other than the one recommended by placement testing. |
