![]() I investigate voice within the context of large-scale secondary writing assessments because such assessments provide formal and influential articulations of how voice is instantiated as an assessment criterion. Because conceptualizations of voice in composition literature often vary according to genre, this study examines the extent to which voice criteria and genre features interact. Further, given that clear voice definitions are notoriously elusive, research on the importance of voice in writing evaluation is inconclusive, and to date no study has examined how writing evaluators apply voice criteria. However, composition theorists hold widely divergent views regarding voice and how it should be applied in writing assessment, if at all. It’s no surprise, then, that voice criteria frequently appear on rubrics used to score student essays in large-scale writing assessments. ![]() “Voice” is widely considered to be a feature of effective writing.
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