6: Bad Ideas About Assessing Writing Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 65303 Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe ed. West Virginia University via Digital Publishing Institute and West Virginia University Libraries 6.1: Grading Has Always Made Writing Better 6.2: Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible 6.3: Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process 6.4: When Responding to Student Writing, More is Better 6.5: Student Writing Must be Graded by the Teacher 6.6: Machines can Evaluate Writing Well 6.7: Plagiarism Detection Services are Money Well Spent 6.8: SAT Scores are Useful for Placing Students in Writing Courses