Director as Collaborator: Assessment of Student Writing

In this chapter, we explore exactly what is meant by the concept of assessment and how we can harness this to better serve student learning. We consider a number of different strategies, laid out by scholars in the field, of how best to take a student-centered approach to assessing student work. This is put in dialogue with key concepts of the teacher-as-director-as-guide and the role of the theatre critic before we explore our own experiences with assessing student work. Finally, we consider what is ahead for practices of assessment in our classes to consider how we can continue to use this necessary aspect of classroom instruction to best attend to our students’ learning needs.