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What is the Functional Value of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?

dc.contributor.authorRogers, Priscilla S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRymer, Joneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T13:50:28Z
dc.date.available2010-04-14T13:50:28Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationRogers, Priscilla; Rymer, Jone (1995). "What is the Functional Value of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?." Management Communication Quarterly 4(8): 477-494. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68632>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0893-3189en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68632
dc.description.abstractIn this second article on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), a new component in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), we analyze the AWA's contribution as a performance assessment and critique its potential usefulness as a diagnostic tool for management education. The AWA assesses writing as a high-level ability and thereby challenges its marginalization as a low-level skill in MBA programs. Holistic evaluation, which makes performance assessment of writing possible, however, cannot provide diagnostic information. Therefore, the AWA does not meet the expectations of GMAT-user schools who endorsed the test as a diagnostic instrument for identifying individual deficiencies. If business schools wish to determine students' needs for further work in writing, they must evaluate the essays locally. Ironically, this task may prove too costly for those schools enrolling students most in need of the diagnostic information.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PERIODICALS PRESSen_US
dc.titleWhat is the Functional Value of the Gmat Analytical Writing Assessment for Management Education?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherWayne State Universityen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0893318995008004004en_US
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