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AFL Writing Results

AFL Writing Results. From April 2012 Assessment Sun West School Division. Purpose of the AFL. To use assessment data to plan for improvement in writing skills

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AFL Writing Results

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  1. AFL Writing Results From April 2012 Assessment Sun West School Division

  2. Purpose of the AFL • To use assessment data to plan for improvement in writing skills • Report provided by the Ministry gives a summary of key findings from Grade 5 and 8 students who participated in the assessment in April 2012. • Results from such a large scale assessment are a snapshot of student performance. They do not tell the whole story. • Individual levels of student mastery of learning is best determined through effective and on-going classroom-based assessment.

  3. Participating Students • Provincially, 12, 960 students participated in the AFL Writing Assessment • Divisionally, 327 students participated • According to the Ministry records, that was 90.8% of expected participation for our Division

  4. Assessment Task • Students completed 1 writing task • were given a choice of topics or situations • either narrative (tell a story) • or expository (provide explanation or information) contexts • Students showed their writing process: • Generation of ideas • Plan • Draft • Revision • Final Copy

  5. Data Collected and Reported • 5 broad performance areas measured: • Quality of Writing Product* • Message Content and Ideas • Organization and Coherence • Language Choices • Demonstration of Writing Process • * 5-level holistic rubric used to score the overall quality of the writing product • Analytic scoring guide was used to assign percentage scores to the other four writing performance areas

  6. Opportunity to Learn • Student questionnaire • 5 scale • Preparation and commitment to learn • Knowledge and persistence with writing strategies • Home support for learning and writing

  7. Teacher Questionnaires • 5 level scale • 30 questions • Availability and use of resources • Instruction and learning • Provincially, 97.0 % completed • Divisionally, 79.3 % completed • Division results available

  8. Teacher Questionnaire Sample

  9. Grade 5 and 8 Comparison Reports • Division-wide results compared to School-Based results for each Grade is available for each performance area • Historical Report compares 2009/2013 results with 2011/2011 School-Based Results

  10. Comparison Results

  11. More detailed information

  12. For more information • If you would like more information or have any questions about the AFL results, please contact Shari Martin or Jade Ballek.

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