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State Scoring: Writing Assessment Development and Process

Explore the background, rubric, and process of scoring the state writing assessment, with a detailed example prompt and scoring insights.

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State Scoring: Writing Assessment Development and Process

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  1. The Mystery of State Scoring July 28, 2010 TCAP

  2. In the next 90 minutes... 30 • Writing assessment background • Writing assessment rubric • Scoring process • Instruction

  3. Development of the Writing Assessment

  4. Development of the Writing Assessment: Prompt • Research-based • Development of the prompt • Pilot Prompt Advisory Committee • Bias • Content • Field tested

  5. Development of the Writing Assessment: Prompt • Prompt design • Specific format • Three parts Let’s use an example to illustrate

  6. Narrative prompt example Writing Situation:Pretend you woke up one day as a wild animal. You spend the day living as that animal really lives in the wild. Directions for Writing:Before you begin to write, think about the details of the animal’s real life, including its habitat, its enemies, and what it eats. Now write a story about your day as a wild animal.

  7. Part One: Activates schema Writing Situation:Pretend you woke up one day as a wild animal. You spend the day living as that animal really lives in the wild. Directions for Writing:Before you begin to write, think about the details of the animal’s real life, including its habitat, its enemies, and what it eats. Now write a story about your day as a wild animal.

  8. Part Two: Brainstorm (Scaffold) Writing Situation:Pretend you woke up one day as a wild animal. You spend the day living as that animal really lives in the wild. Directions for Writing:Before you begin to write, think about the details of the animal’s real life, including its habitat, its enemies, and what it eats. Now write a story about your day as a wild animal.

  9. Part Three: Actual assignment Writing Situation:Pretend you woke up one day as a wild animal. You spend the day living as that animal really lives in the wild. Directions for Writing:Before you begin to write, think about the details of the animal’s real life, including its habitat, its enemies, and what it eats. Now write a story about your day as a wild animal.

  10. Development of the Writing Assessment • 35 minutes • More time does not necessarily reflect better scores • Rough draft

  11. Development of the Writing Assessment • Snapshot of child’s writing ability on any given day • How well they write • Prompt is a springboard for creativity • Lined paper • 29 lines long • Maximum lines on assessment = 58 lines

  12. Writing Assessment Rubric

  13. Writing Assessment Rubric • Holistic • Connection to Traits • Score range: 0 - 6 • Proficient: 4 - 6 • 4 = Competent • 5 = Strong • 6 = Outstanding

  14. Scoring Process

  15. Scoring Process • Writing Scoring Committee • 75 state educators (25 per grade level) • Geographical representation • Goal of committee • Select anchor papers • Stratified random sampling • Total representation • Each scoring level range (low, mid, high)

  16. Scoring Process

  17. Scoring Process • While reading the sample packs we.. • Have to read it exactly as it is written • Cannot guess at an illegible word • Phonetic spelling works, but.... • Ex. Beautiful • OK: bewtifull • Not OK: ghdifntful • Look for Off Topic papers

  18. Scoring Process Sample Paper 1 results in score of 4 Sample Paper 2 results in score of 5 (with group discussion) Sample Paper 3 results in score of 2/3 line paper

  19. Scoring Process • What they’re looking for: • Identify line papers: potential inaccurate scoring of papers at Measurement Inc. • What the student’s strengths are • Won’t punish for boring papers • Finishing the story is not as important as the quality of writing throughout the paper

  20. Instruction

  21. What makes a good piece of writing? Makes sense and Stays on topic

  22. What makes a good piece of writing? Beginning Middle End

  23. What makes a good piece of writing? Content is interesting and Develops the idea

  24. What makes a good piece of writing? Word Choice and Sentence Variety

  25. What makes a good piece of writing? Organization - Story level - Paragraph level - Sentence level

  26. Instruction To earn a 5 or 6: - demonstrate a command of the language - emphasis on sentence variety - Compound vs. Complex sentences - practice taking a “4” paper and enhancing it to a 5 or 6

  27. Wrapping it up... Questions? email: sdallmann@hcboe.net

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