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Early Performance Assessment

in Language Arts

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OVERVIEW OF THE GRADE 2 E-PAL

Early Performance Assessment in Language Arts (E-Pal) is a component of the Early Childhood Literary Assessment System (ECLAS-2). It is a continuation of the kit for Grades 2 and 3.

E-PAL holistically assesses:

• Listening/Writing and Reading/Writing-in–Response-to-Literature

AND

• Writing Mechanics

• It is administered over two days

• The classroom teacher administers and scores this assessment

• Eligibility

Only those students who have mastered Level 5 or higher of the Reading Accuracy & Comprehension activities of the Reading Strand in either the fall or spring administration of the ECLAS-2 Kit should be given this E-PAL assessment.

WHAT DOES the Grade 2 E-PAL LOOK LIKE?

The E-PAL assessment contains:

• One listening passage (located in the Teacher Directions)

• One reading passage (located in the Student Response Book)

Two questions per selection:

• One graphic organizer

• One extended-response question

WHAT IS HOLISTIC SCORING?

Holistic scoring produces a single score on overall student performance. Using the rubrics in the Scoring Guide, you will assess multiple responses as one unit rather than evaluating each response individually. Be sure to read all applicable responses before assigning a single score. Do not score each question separately.

E-PAL is scored holistically, you do not score each question separately.

SCORING GRADE 2 E-PALSCORING LISTENING/WRITING – AND READING/WRITING-IN-RESPONSE-TO-LITERATURE

You will refer to the Scoring Guide for the:

•General rubrics – top of page

•Specific rubrics – bottom of page

•Student anchor papers

Use general rubrics + specific rubrics + anchors to arrive at one holistic score per passage.

SCORING WRITING MECHANICS•General rubrics

•Student anchor papers

Use general rubrics + anchors to arrive at one holistic score for both passages.

GENERAL RUBRICS

• Describe the elements necessary to determine a high, medium, or low score

• Can be used to score any writing sample

•Describe ways in which a student’s response to a particular passage deals with

• text specific themes

• insightful interpretation of the text

• key element of text

• basic story line/main ideas

• main characters

SPECIFIC RUBRICS

SCORING GRADE 2 E-PAL

SCORING GRADE 2 E-PALLISTENING / READING / WRITINGThe student receives a Listening/Writing score for Day 1 and a Reading/Writing score for Day 2. The score for each day is obtained by scoring that day’s graphic organizer and the extended-response question together.

WRITING MECHANICSThe student receives only one Writing Mechanics score for both Day 1 and Day 2. The writing Mechanics score is obtained by scoring the extended-response questions (2 and 4) together. The graphic organizers are not scored for Writing Mechanics.

LISTENING / WRITINGDAY 1

Maximum: 3 points

READING / WRITINGDAY 2

Maximum: 3 points

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DAYS 1 and 2

Maximum: 3 points

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SCORING GRADE 2 E-PAL

What if the student doesn't answer all of the questions or copies from the text?

• If the student attempted only one of the two questions for a passage, the Listening/ Writing or Reading/Writing score is either one or zero, depending on the quality of the response.

• If the student didn't answer either of the questions accompanying a passage, the Listening/Writing or Reading/Writing score for that passage is zero.

• If the student responses consist primarily of appropriate text that is copied, there is no Reading/Writing penalty. Appropriate text is text that addresses the question. If student responses consist primarily of inappropriate text that is copied, the Reading/Writing score is zero. Inappropriate text is text that does not address the question.

• If the student responses contain only rudimentary writing or are incomprehensible, completely off-topic, or a refusal, the Listening/Writing or Reading/Writing score for the passage is zero.

LISTENING / WRITING and READING / WRITING

SCORING GRADE 2 E-PAL

What if the student doesn't answer all of the questions or copies from the text?

• If the student answered only one of the two extended-response questions (Question 2 or 4), there is no Writing Mechanics penalty. Score the response based on the Writing Mechanics rubric. However, if the student did not answer either extended-response question, the Writing Mechanics score is zero.

• If the extended-response answers are unreadable or consist primarily of copied portions of the text, with little or no original writing, or of random letters or letter strings, the Writing Mechanics score is zero.

WRITING MECHANICS

RECORDING THE SCORES

• Score the Student Response Book

• Record scores on inside front cover of the Student Response Book

• The Class Record Sheet is an optional form that you may use if you wish to maintain a record of scores for your entire class. It can be found in the back of the Scoring Guide.

• Bubble in student’s scores on the ECLAS-2 Data Collection Document

Inside front cover of the Student Response Book

RECORDING THE SCORES

RECORDING THE SCORES

The Class Record Sheet

RECORDING THE SCORES

The Data Collection Document (Bubble Sheet)

Alba LangenthalALangen@schools.nyc.gov

Trudy LichtTLicht@schools.nyc.gov

Iris RothsteinIRothstein@schools.nyc.gov

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