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Introduction

As an online doctoral student, you often represent yourself and your academic work in writing.

To help you do that effectively, this assessment is designed to:

• Identify your individual writing strengths and needs, and
• Match your current skills to a specific writing course aimed to help you hone your skills.

By completing this writing assessment, online doctoral students can build strong academic writing habits targeted to their individual strengths and needs early in their studies at Walden.

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How Do I Complete the Writing Assessment

• Review the Doctoral Writing Assessment (DRWA) classroom, assignment prompt, rubric, and instructions.
• Write and submit your assessment essay to the classroom by the assignment deadline.
• Receive your essay score from the Writing Assessment team one week after the course ends.
• Complete any required Graduate Writing course(s) in the next term.

Writing Assessment Scores and Next Steps

You will receive your assessment score in an email one week after the DRWA Doctoral Writing Assessment course ends. Your score email will indicate if you tested out of any of the required writing courses and your next steps if you did not test out of those courses. Any required writing courses are free on the first attempt. Walden’s Writing Assessment team will automatically register you for your required writing course, alongside program courses, in the term following your DRWA course.

Scoring Outcomes

You have tested out of Graduate Writing I and Graduate Writing II by demonstrating competency in the following writing skills:

• Central idea is focused, clear, and directly responds to the prompt
• Relevant and accurately paraphrased or quoted evidence is provided from the reading
• Ideas are well organized
• Use of grammar and mechanics effectively conveys meaning

If you'd like to further develop your writing skills, consider taking Graduate Writing III: Advanced Composition Skills.

Learn about Graduate Writing III

If you'd like to take Graduate Writing III, please contact  [email protected]  to register for the free course.

You have tested out of Graduate Writing I by demonstrating the following writing skills:

• Central idea is clear and connected to the prompt and ideas are somewhat developed
• Clear connection to the reading is provided through paraphrase or quotation
• Ideas are generally organized
• Few inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics distract reader from meaning

You will need to complete Graduate Writing II, which is a free course that will help you develop scholarly writing skills such as paraphrasing and evaluating main ideas.

You will be enrolled in this course in the following term.

Learn about Graduate Writing II: Intermediate Composition

You need to complete both required writing courses, Graduate Writing I and Graduate Writing II as listed on your Program Progress Guide.

You will be enrolled in the first required writing course in the following term. In these courses, you practice and develop scholarly writing skills such as critical reading, summarizing, paraphrasing, and evaluating main ideas.

Learn about Graduate Writing I: Basic Composition

You received a score of 0 because you did not submit an assessment for review or there was evidence of plagiarism in your essay. Your score email will indicate if no essay was submitted or if plagiarism was present in your essay.

You need to complete both required writing courses, Graduate Writing I and Graduate Writing II, as listed on your Program Progress Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Who do I contact for help or with questions?

If you have questions about your writing assessment or your writing course, please contact us at [email protected] . We are here for you and happy to help!

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The Doctoral Writing Assessment chat service provides live help for simple, brief assessment related questions.

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Undergraduate and Graduate Student Work: Incomplete Grades

Walden’s standard grading policy will be used in each course. For more information, see the  Course Grading Scales  section of this  Walden University Student Handbook .

For the specific grading policies and standards of each course, please review the course syllabus and any course assignment rubrics that may be included in the course materials.

Late Assignments

Undergraduate student work: late assignments.

Walden realizes that a community of care thrives when we cultivate and nurture an inclusive, caring, and supportive learning environment. While we expect students to submit assignments in a timely fashion according to schedules published within the course (syllabi and/or calendars), we also understand that life happens and that sometimes there are circumstances beyond our control that may make it difficult to meet expectations. While attending Walden, it is important to establish and maintain communication with your instructors and to keep them informed of any issues that might impact on your ability to complete your coursework on time. Your instructors are there to support you, to facilitate your learning, and to help you keep up with your coursework.

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Discussion posts submitted on time create a positive learning environment and add value to the class experience. If you are unable to submit your discussion posts and responses on time, you should communicate with your instructor and keep them informed.

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(e.g., applications, projects, journals, blogs, Check Your Knowledge or Tests for Understanding, quizzes, exams, etc.): If you are unable to submit your assignment on time, you should communicate with your instructor and keep them informed.

End of Term

Work submitted after the final day of the term without prior permission of the instructor may be considered for credit up to 5 days following the end of term.

Faculty are required to communicate with students about grade concerns up to 80 days after the term has ended. If there are circumstances that make it difficult for the faculty to continue to respond to students as needed up to 80 days, the associate dean or designee should step in and communicate as needed with the student.  

Revise and Resubmit 

Walden is committed to providing a caring, person-centered, diverse, and inclusive learning environment, so that each student can work to achieve their goals, find success, and make inspiring contributions to our global society. 

To that end, if a student earns a D or less on an assignment, the student can choose to revise (incorporate faculty feedback) and resubmit their work within five days of receiving the original grade.

This does not apply to Discussions.

Graduate Student Work: Late Assignments

Walden expects students to submit assignments in a timely fashion according to schedules published in course information (syllabi and/or calendars). Assignments submitted late due to agreements between student and instructor for preplanned absences and due to emergency absences do not normally receive any grade reduction for tardiness. The university recommends that late assignments be accepted no more than a week past their due dates.

Assignments submitted late without prior agreement of the instructor, outside of an emergency absence, or in violation of agreements for late submission, may receive grade reduction for the assignment, or may not be accepted for grading, at the discretion of the instructor and as published in course syllabi. Further, late assignments may not receive the same level of written feedback as do assignments submitted on time. A pattern of chronic lateness in submitting assignments may result in a reduction in the course grade. See also  Student Attendance and Engagement .

Walden strongly discourages grades of   “I” (Incomplete). However, Walden understands that there are certain circumstances under which a grade of “I” (Incomplete) is appropriate.

Grades of “I” (Incomplete) are given at the discretion of the instructor, but normally are granted only if students have acceptably completed the majority of the coursework, including discussions and assignments, prior to the last day of the class. Students must request a grade of “I” (Incomplete) prior to the last day of the course. Such a request should include a list of missing assignments and a date and plan for submission of missing assignments, no later than 80 calendar days from the last date of the course. Discussion assignments may not be made up after the last date of class. Coursework submitted within the allowed time period, not to exceed 80 calendar days from the last day of classes, will be graded and included in computation of an overall course grade that will replace the “I” grade. Failure to complete the specified coursework within the allowed time will cause the grade of “I” to default to an “F” (Fail) or “U” (Unsatisfactory), depending on the course grading scheme.

If the Instructor and Student agree on an Incomplete, the Instructor should identify the missing assignments and create a plan in writing (email) specifying the order of completion and the due dates for each, no later than 80 calendar days from the last date of the course. Students need to agree to the plan and that they can realistically meet it. Ideally all work will be completed within 2 weeks of the end of term in order to not undermine student success in the subsequent term. Communication between instructor and student is essential in successfully converting an Incomplete into a final letter grade.

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