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[From the Archives] Ep 88: Dr. Asao B. Inoue on Writing Assessment as Anti-racist Practice
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On this episode, Katie is joined by Asao B. Inoue, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Director of University Writing and the Writing Center at the University of Washington Tacoma, a member of the Executive Board of Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the Program Chair of the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Among his many articles and chapters on writing assessment and race and racism, his article, “Theorizing Failure in U.S. Writing Assessments” in RTE, won the 2014 CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award. His co-edited collection, Race and Writing Assessment (2012), won the 2014 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for an edited collection. His book, Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing for a Socially Just Future (2015) won the 2017 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for a monograph and the 2015 CWPA Outstanding Book Award. In November of 2016, he guested co-edited a special issue of College English on writing assessment as social justice, and is currently finishing a co-edited collection on the same topic, as well as a book on labor-based grading contracts as socially just writing assessment.
Segment 1: Alternative Modes of Writing Assessment [00:00-14:17]
In this first segment, Asao shares about his research and experience with grade-less writing and grading contracts.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- Inoue, A. B. (2014). Theorizing failure in U.S. writing assessments. Research in the Teaching of English, 48(3), 330-352.
- Inoue, A. B., & Poe, M. (Eds.). (2012). Race and writing assessment. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
- Inoue, A. B. (2015). Antiracist writing assessment ecologies: Teaching and assessing for a socially just future. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press.
- College English
- Kohn, A. (1993). Punished by rewards: The trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A’s, praise, and other bribes. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
- Selected works of Peter Elbow
Segment 2: Writing Assessment as Anti-racist Practice [14:18-32:31]
In segment two, Asao discusses his research on writing assessment as anti-racist practice.
To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the “Research in Action” podcast:
Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111
If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.
The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.
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Manage episode 273157118 series 1110236
On this episode, Katie is joined by Asao B. Inoue, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Director of University Writing and the Writing Center at the University of Washington Tacoma, a member of the Executive Board of Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the Program Chair of the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Among his many articles and chapters on writing assessment and race and racism, his article, “Theorizing Failure in U.S. Writing Assessments” in RTE, won the 2014 CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award. His co-edited collection, Race and Writing Assessment (2012), won the 2014 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for an edited collection. His book, Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing for a Socially Just Future (2015) won the 2017 NCTE/CCCC Outstanding Book Award for a monograph and the 2015 CWPA Outstanding Book Award. In November of 2016, he guested co-edited a special issue of College English on writing assessment as social justice, and is currently finishing a co-edited collection on the same topic, as well as a book on labor-based grading contracts as socially just writing assessment.
Segment 1: Alternative Modes of Writing Assessment [00:00-14:17]
In this first segment, Asao shares about his research and experience with grade-less writing and grading contracts.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- Inoue, A. B. (2014). Theorizing failure in U.S. writing assessments. Research in the Teaching of English, 48(3), 330-352.
- Inoue, A. B., & Poe, M. (Eds.). (2012). Race and writing assessment. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
- Inoue, A. B. (2015). Antiracist writing assessment ecologies: Teaching and assessing for a socially just future. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press.
- College English
- Kohn, A. (1993). Punished by rewards: The trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A’s, praise, and other bribes. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
- Selected works of Peter Elbow
Segment 2: Writing Assessment as Anti-racist Practice [14:18-32:31]
In segment two, Asao discusses his research on writing assessment as anti-racist practice.
To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the “Research in Action” podcast:
Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111
If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review.
The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.
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