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Download full textWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2001
This document includes a booklet and a presentation guide. The booklet contains the anchor papers used to score the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in writing, grade 10. Anchor papers are concrete examples that illustrate the intent of the scoring guides. The papers in the booklet exemplify the full range of score points…
Descriptors: Grade 10, High Schools, Scoring, Test Interpretation
Elliott-Schuman, Nikki – 2001
This document includes a booklet and presentation guide. The booklet contains the anchor papers used to score the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in writing, grade 7. Anchor papers are concrete examples that illustrate the intent of the scoring guides. The papers in the booklet exemplify the full range of score points…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Scoring, Test Interpretation
Elliott-Schuman, Nikki – 2001
This document includes both a booklet and a presentation guide. The booklet contains the anchor papers used to score the 2001 Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in writing, grade 4. Anchor papers are concrete examples that illustrate the intent of the scoring guides. The papers in the booklet exemplify the full range of score points…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Scoring, Student Writing Models
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1980
Developed from a comparison of the writing performance of eighth grade students in Delaware with a representative national group, this writing resource guide provides a detailed description of the state's writing assessment procedure and offers educators guidance in evaluating student writing and improving student writing skills. After describing…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8, Resource Materials
Beard, John D., Ed.; McNabb, Scott E., Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers, this collection of articles on testing in the English language arts contains the following titles: "What Do Test Scores 'Really' Mean in Educational Policy?" by George F. Madaus; "Testing and Literacy: A Contradiction in Terms?" by Marilyn Wilson; "Throwing in the TOWL," by Mary Jane Curry; "Taking the Authority Figure Out…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Arts
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1995
This document concerns what teachers learned from students responses to the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) tests in 1995. Teacher responses and comments are presented in the following categories: (1) "Look How Far We've Come!" (identifies areas of improvement in student performance); (2) "Perceptions"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1994
This publication is a distillation of the most salient, most often repeated observations and recommendations of Maryland teacher-test scorers on their experiences scoring student responses to the Maryland School Performance Assessment (MSPAP) test in 1994. Feedback is organized into perceptions about what would be pertinent to share with other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3
