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import of this theory is that it gives performers a way to Guidebook as the Analytic Rubric for Writing Quality
break down their performances and improve the individual (Burke & Nancarrow, 2007). The reliability and validity
components. More generally, numerous modules in the of the rubric were tested using samples of three different
Faculty Guidebook model the analysis of performance that types of writing which were rated by four different
must occur before performance is measured in order to be readers. The results showed some differences in average
assessed or evaluated. The Faculty Guidebook also offers ratings across raters but showed consistency by each rater,
multiple rubrics created for and by Process Educators. which indicated that the rubric could be used reliably in
specific contexts. This seminal performance measurement
One of the core values of the Academy of Process research provides a model that can be adapted for study of
Educators is in the area of performance, using “research- the reliability and validity of other performance measures.
based practices supported by clear criteria and measurable
outcomes” (Academy of Process Educators, 2008). An Process Education leads to improved performance on the
example of research exemplifying this value is found part of learners and growth in their capacity to perform.
in the article, Measuring Writing as a Representation of As such, the acceptance and recognition of Process
Disciplinary Knowledge (Burke, Ouellette, Milner, Leise, Education depends largely on the availability of high-
& Utschig, International Journal of Process Education, quality performance measures used in a culture that does
2012). The research team collaborated to design and carry not balk at measuring performance, but embraces it as a
out an empirical study of the reliability and validity of critical part of improving performance. Only then will the
a revised version of the Academy of Process Educators magnitude of positive change and growth in learners that
writing rubric, which was published earlier in the Faculty Process Education offers be made explicit.

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