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Direct linkGraham, Steve; Hebert, Michael; Paige Sandbank, Michael; Harris, Karen R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This study examined the number of writing samples needed to obtain a reliable estimate of young struggling writers' capabilities. It further assessed if performance in one genre was reflective of performance in other genres for these children. Second- and third-grade students (81 boys, 56 girls), who were identified as struggling writers in need…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Norm Referenced Tests
Download full textMichigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1998
As part of the test development process, this technical report is intended to present technical information from the tryout and pilot stages of the Michigan High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) in Communication Arts: Writing. There are four major parts to this report. Part 1, Evolution of the HSPT in Communication Arts: Writing, introduces the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Pilot Projects, Reading Achievement, Student Writing Models
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
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1995
This packet assists teachers and students in preparing for the Michigan Communications Arts (Writing and Reading) portions of the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT). Sections of the packet are: Map of the Regional Network for Communications Arts (including local contacts); Calendar of Professional Development Events; Annotated Bibliography of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1995
This packet assists teachers and students in preparing for the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) Grade 5 and 8 Writing Assessments. Sections of the packet are: Map of the Regional Network for Communications Arts (including local contacts); Calendar of Professional Development Events; Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Resources;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Grade 5, Grade 8, Middle Schools
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1998
This handbook presents an overview of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and a description of the Writing Assessment. Districts are encouraged to use the procedures and methods described to create prompts and score writing samples as part of their district-level assessment program. After an introduction and overview of the Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Scoring, Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationMichigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1998
Designed to provide an experience as close as possible to the actual assessment, this paper presents the revised model of assessment in writing for the Michigan High School Test (HST). The revisions incorporated into the paper reflect the testing transition from the High School Proficiency Test to the HST. Session 1 looks at how well students can…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Writing Models, Test Coaching, Test Content
Peer reviewedWhite, Janet – Research Papers in Education, 1989
Findings are reported from a longitudinal study, involving 8- to 10-year-old students in England, which evaluated and analyzed student writing samples. The writing samples were elicited by tests intended to produce two kinds of writing: a story and a description. (IAH)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1992
In July 1992, American College Testing convened a 5-day meeting to set achievement levels in writing for grades 4, 8, and 12 to be recommended for use in reporting the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Sixty-six panelists (teachers, non-teacher educators, and non-educators) attended the meeting and participated in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8
PDF pending restorationMichigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1997
This packet assists Michigan teachers in improving writing instruction and student performance based on a better understanding of the holistic scoring guides used for the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) grades 5, 8, and 11 High School Proficiency Test (HPST) writing tests. The packet includes actual scored student papers (released…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 5, Grade 8
PDF pending restorationDelaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1999
The purpose of this writing sampler is to familiarize Delaware teachers and students with the major writing portion of the Delaware Student Testing Program. Included for each grade level (3, 5, 8, and 10) are the original prompt and an example of exemplary student work. Although the intent was to include student work for each of the rubric score…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Student Evaluation
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. – 2001
The purpose of this document is to familiarize educators and parents with the text-based portion of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) writing assessment for third grade. The DSTP writing assessment consists of one "stand-alone" writing prompt (representing 2/3 of the overall writing score) and one "text-based" prompt…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 3, Primary Education, State Standards
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1999
The purpose of this report is to provide information about the level of student performance in the area of writing based on results for 1998-99 from the annual on-demand writing sample of the North Carolina Writing Assessment at grades 4, 7, and 10 (English II). It notes student performance increased at grades 4 and 7 when compared to student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Holistic Evaluation, Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationDelaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. – 2001
The purpose of this writing sampler is to provide teachers and students with work representing each of the rubric score points for the stand alone writing prompt on the 2001 Delaware Student Testing Program. The student papers included in this document are part of the "anchor sets" (collections of scored student work "anchored"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Student Evaluation
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1992
Presenting the full range of students' writing, this paper provides administrators, teachers, and students with samples of students' writing that exemplify the criteria used to score responses to the June 1992 Grade 6 English Language Arts Achievement Test. After an introductory section, the paper presents a general commentary; the writing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
