1 / 13

HSPE Basic Information

HSPE Basic Information. High School Proficiency Exam Formerly known as WASL Prepared by: Jeni McAnally, Literacy Specialist VPS. Reading HSPE – Testing Session. One 120 minute session Extended time available for ALL students requiring extra time Extra time ends at the end of the school day.

abra
Download Presentation

HSPE Basic Information

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. HSPE Basic Information High School Proficiency Exam Formerly known as WASL Prepared by: Jeni McAnally, Literacy Specialist VPS

  2. Reading HSPE – Testing Session • One 120 minute session • Extended time available for ALL students requiring extra time • Extra time ends at the end of the school day

  3. Reading HSPE – Passages • There are FIVE reading passages in the exam. • Informational, literary, and poetic reading passages are represented

  4. Reading HSPE - Items • There are 40 questions (“items”) on the exam • 35 multiple choice items • Five short answer items • Of the 40 questions, six are “pilot” items (mixed multiple choice and short answer) and are NOT calculated in the student’s score

  5. Reading HSPE - Scoring • Multiple choice items (35) are worth one point each (80% of total score) • Short answer items (5) are worth two points each (20% of total score) • Total possible score 45 • After pilot items are removed, the score is calculated for a total possible score of 525

  6. Reading HSPE – Ranges • Level 4: 427-525 • Level 3: 400-426 • Level 2: 375-399 • Level 1: 225-374 Pass Fail

  7. Writing HSPE – Testing Session • Two Testing Sessions • One 120 minute testing session for expository essay on one day • One 120 minute testing session for persuasive essay on the next day • Extended time available for ALL students requiring extra time • Extra time ends at the end of the school day

  8. Writing HSPE – Modes • One expository essay • Students write an essay intended to explain a concept to a reader • One persuasive essay • Students write an essay intended to persuade a reader to do or believe something

  9. Writing HSPE – Scoring • Content, Organization, and Style – 4 points • On the six trait rubric, COS encompasses Ideas and content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. • Conventions – 2 points • This accounts for indentation, spelling, punctuation, and grammar

  10. Expository 4 (COS) + 2 (Con) 6 possible points Double Scored = 12 possible points for expository Persuasive 4 (COS) + 2 (Con) 6 possible points Double Scored = 12 possible points for expository Writing HSPE – Scoring (cont.) 24 points possible

  11. Writing HSPE – Ranges • Level 4: 21-24 • Level 3: 17-20 • Level 2: 13-16 • Level 1: 0-12 Pass Fail

  12. Writers who are weak in conventions must be STRONG in COS. Let’s look at an example. Let’s say… Both essays score a 3 on COS and a 1 on Conventions 4 points by two readers for two tests = 16 16 is NOT PASSING Writers who are weak in COS must be STRONG in Conventions. Let’s look at another example. Let’s say… Both essays score a 2 on COS and a 2 on Conventions 4 points by two readers for two tests = 16 16 is NOT PASSING Writing HSPE – Do The Math

  13. Writing HSPE – Do The Math • Writers who are weak in COS must be STRONG in conventions. Let’s look at another example. Let’s say… • Both essays score a 2 on COS and a 2 on CON • 4 points by two readers for two tests = 16 • 16 is NOT PASSING

More Related