This document discusses writing assessments and their purpose. It provides examples of different types of writing assessments like essays, letters, paragraphs and short stories. It also lists criteria like grammar, organization, content, fulfillment of purpose, and vocabulary that are often used to evaluate writing skills. Scoring rubrics for these criteria are presented with each criteria being allocated a 20% weight. Relevant reference links on writing definitions, testing, kinds of writing and tests/assessments are also provided.