Self-Evaluation

When time and money are short, self-evaluation of your writing skills is a positive first step. Explore the resources on this page and determine the best path forward in your better writing journey.

Evaluation is the making of a judgment about the amount, quality, or value of something. It is an assessment that can be wholly subjective and qualitative or entirely objective and quantitative. Usually the results of an assessment fall somewhere in between. Rarely does the result represent a totally rational judgment. Before you can fix something, you need to know what is wrong with it.

Evaluate My Writing

Writing assessment refers to an activity that guides the evaluation of a writer's performance or potential through a writing task. Writing assessment can also refer to the technologies and practices used to evaluate writing and learning. An important consequence of writing assessment is that the type and manner of assessment may impact learning. Indirect writing assessments typically consist of multiple choice tests on grammar, usage, and vocabulary. Examples include standardized tests such as the ACT, SAT, and GRE, which are most often used by colleges and universities for admissions purposes. Other indirect assessments, such as Compass, are used to place students into remedial or mainstream writing courses. Related Terms: skill assessment, writing evaluation, writing test.