Publications

Selected publications

This page provides a guided entry into my work. It begins with key publications that represent my focal center and then highlights a broader selection of journal articles, chapters, reports, and public writing that capture how I have applied this focus to different issues and contexts.

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A curated entry point into my research program, moving from foundational problems in writing assessment to contemporary work on ethics, justice, and AI-mediated communication.

Foundations

Slomp · 2012

Challenges in Assessing the Development of Writing Ability

An account of the theoretical, construct, and methodological problems that make writing development difficult to assess well.

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Slomp · 2016

An Integrated Design and Appraisal Framework for Ethical Writing Assessment

A foundational statement of the design principles that continue to inform my work on ethics and public accountability.

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Framing the field

Slomp · 2019

Complexity, Consequences, and Frames

A field-defining reflection on where writing assessment has been and how its future should be framed.

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Oliveri, Slomp, Rupp, & Mislevy · 2021

An Integrated Design and Appraisal Framework

A principled framework for connecting construct models, evidence, theory of action, and consequences in assessment design.

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Current Directions

Corrigan & Slomp · 2021

Articulating a sociocognitive construct of writing expertise for the digital age

A model of writing expertise that better accounts for the demands of contemporary communication.

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East & Slomp · 2024

The ethical turn in writing assessment

A synthesis of how the field has moved on ethics, and where important work still remains.

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Randall, Poe, Oliveri, & Slomp · 2024

Justice-oriented, antiracist validation

A call to continue disrupting white supremacy in assessment practices by rethinking what counts as valid and just assessment.

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Forzani, Corrigan, Slomp, & Randall · 2024

Prioritizing equitable social outcomes with and for diverse readers

A conceptual framework for justice-based reading assessment that treats equitable social outcomes as central to design and use.

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Selected journal articles

2024 · Forzani, E., Corrigan, J., Slomp, D., & Randall, J. “Prioritizing equitable social outcomes with and for diverse readers.” Educational Psychologist. DOI
2024 · Randall, J., Poe, M., Oliveri, M. E., & Slomp, D. “Justice-oriented, antiracist validation.” Educational Assessment. Open article
2024 · Randall, J., Poe, M., Slomp, D., & Oliveri, M. E. “Our validity looks like justice. Does yours?” Language Testing. Open article
2024 · East, M., & Slomp, D. “The ethical turn in writing assessment.” Language Teaching. Open article
2021 · Corrigan, J., & Slomp, D. “Articulating a sociocognitive construct of writing expertise for the digital age.” Journal of Writing Analytics. DOI
2021 · Oliveri, M. E., Slomp, D., Rupp, A., & Mislevy, R. “Principled Development of Workplace English Communication Part 3: An Integrated Design and Appraisal Framework.” Journal of Writing Analytics. Open article
2019 · Slomp, D. “Complexity, Consequences, and Frames: A quarter century of research in Assessing Writing.” DOI
2016 · Slomp, D. “An Integrated Design and Appraisal Framework for Ethical Writing Assessment.” Journal of Writing Assessment. Open article
2014 · Slomp, D., Corrigan, J., & Sugimoto, T. “A framework for using consequential validity evidence in evaluating large-scale writing assessments.” Research in the Teaching of English. Open manuscript
2008 · Slomp, D. “Harming not Helping.” Assessing Writing. DOI

Selected chapters and reports

2025 · “Working toward culturally sustaining workplace assessment programs using an integrated design and appraisal framework.” In Culturally Responsive Assessment in Classrooms and Large-Scale Contexts. DOI
2025 · “An evidentiary-reasoning lens for socioculturally responsive assessment.” In Socioculturally Responsive Assessment. DOI
2024 · “Assessing writing.” Elsevier Reference Module in Social Sciences. DOI
2024 · “Ethical considerations and writing assessment.” In Considering Students, Teachers, and Writing Assessment. Open chapter
2017 · Alberta’s Student Learning Assessment Program: An Integrated Evaluation. Open report

Public writing

2022 · “Community Needs to Fight for University Again.” Lethbridge Herald.
2015 · “Fake grades and the failure of accountability in Alberta Education.” Calgary Herald.
2014 · “The real problem lies with the diploma exams themselves.” Edmonton Journal.
2013 · “Entrance Testing is not the Answer.” University Affairs.
2012 · “School Assessment Policy: It’s not about zeros; it’s all about evidence.” National Post.

Writing for educators

Selected articles written for teacher, literacy, and school leadership audiences, with a focus on assessment, writing instruction, ethics, and justice.

2021 · Nichols, T. P., LeBlanc, R., & Slomp, D. “Writing Machines: Formative Assessment in the Age of Big Data.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. DOI
2021 · Randall, J., Poe, M., & Slomp, D. “Ain’t Oughta Be in the Dictionary: Getting to Justice by Dismantling Anti-Black Literacy Assessment Practices.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. DOI
2020 · Slomp, D., & Elliot, N. “Where’s Your Theory of Action: Making Good Trouble with Literacy Assessment.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. DOI
2020 · Forzani, E., Corrigan, J., & Slomp, D. “Reimagining Literacy Assessment through a New Literacies Lens.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. DOI
2018 · Slomp, D. “Scaffolding for Independence: Writing-as-Problem-Solving Pedagogy.” English Journal. View article
2015 · Slomp, D. “Writing Assessment in Six Lessons.” Phi Delta Kappan. Open article