1. The document discusses parameters for effectively testing students' writing skills, including setting representative writing tasks, eliciting in-class writing samples related to real-life tasks, and reliably scoring writing samples. 2. It emphasizes the importance of brainstorming the operation, addressees, text types, and topics of writing tasks. 3. Models of reading and writing reciprocity, feedback strategies, checklists, and peer and collective feedback using symbols with a focus on content are presented as ways to provide effective feedback on writing.