“…Over the years, studies on assessing compositions in schools and responding to students' compositions have provided different perspectives in assessing compositions (e.g., Burnard, 2002;Feldhusen & Goh, 1995;Freed-Garrod, 1999a, 1999bGreen, 2000;Harris & Hawksley, 1989;Hickey, 2001Hickey, , 2002Mellor, 1999;Plucker & Runco, 1998;Reese, 2003;Salaman, 1988;Simmonds, 1988;Spruce, 2001Spruce, , 2002Stephen, 2003;Swanwick, 1998;Webster, 1987aWebster, , 1987bWebster, , 1987c1989;Webster & Hickey, 1996;Younker, 2003). In this study, an assessment framework (Table 1) is developed with reference to a number of studies on the assessment of compositions.…”