Contact Person : Sara Trottier, Amir Rezaei ; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 31/08/2018; This five-year, mixed-methods study combines a cross-sectional and a retrospective longitudinal approach to investigate and compare the characteristics and development of the beliefs and practices of ESL teachers concerning writing assessment in three language teaching contexts for adults: immigrant settlement programs, university academic preparation programs, and undergraduate credit-bearing ESL programs