Scoring Rubric Development of Writing Assessment for EFL Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to design scoring rubric criteria of writing assessment for EFL students and to validate the scoring rubric model of writing assessment for EFL students. Action research was used for research design. The sample group was 62 EFL students. Research tool was writing scoring rubrics. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results indicated that 1) Scoring rubric criteria of writing assessment for EFL students consisted of criteria which are Content/ Organization, Grammar, Mechanics, Unity, and cohesion; 2) The scoring rubric model of writing assessment for EFL students fit with empirical data. Results showed that Chi-square  = .25, df = 2, p = .882, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = .995, RMSEA =.000. It can be interpreted and proved that scoring rubric criteria of writing assessment is the effective tool for EFL students, and it showed that scoring rubric criteria of writing assessment has a construct validity.