Writing Update

2/4/2010

2/4/2010

OEAA Advisory Committee

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Writing Test Design

Testing only 4th and 7th graders

2 Student Writing Samples with 8 multiple choice items 16 points

1 Peer Response to Student Writing Sample 4 points

1 Narrative Writing Constructed Response 15 points

1 Informational Writing Constructed Response 15 points

TOTAL: 50 points

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Schedule

• Need to field test items during operational testing window in 2010

• Two days needed to complete assessment– Day 1 on Thursday, October 14

– Day 2 on Wednesday, October 20

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Constructed Response Prompts

Student Writing Sample

(GLCE: PR.03.04 or PR.06.03)

What could the writer do to improve this sample?

- 4 point holistic rubric

- similar to rubric used from 2005-2008

- two pages provided

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Constructed Response PromptsNarrative Writing

(GLCE: GN.03.01 or GN.06.01)

Similar to Writing from Knowledge & Experience prompts usedfrom 2005-2008

Options limited to two with “write about XXX in your own way”

Worded to encourage narrative writing

Two pages provided

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Constructed Response Prompts

Informational Writing (GLCE: GN.03.03 or GN. 06.02)

Assess various organizational patterns used in informational writing:

descriptive, enumerative, sequence, comparison, cause/effect,

problem/solution

Grade 4: comparison

Grade 7: cause/effect

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2009 Field Test

7 Forms: Student Writing Sample with 8 mc items on all forms

5 Forms: Informational Writing Prompt (5 prompts)

2 Forms: Response to Student Writing Sample

(2 samples)

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New Analytic Rubrics

Narrative & Informational Writing

Ideas (x2) = 6 pts Organization = 3 pts

Style = 3 ptsConventions = 3 pts

32 pts

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Rubric Evaluation

• OEAA Advisory Committee

• OEAA Fall Conferences: Sessions to

practice scoring with new rubrics on

released Knowledge & Experience

prompts

• Range Finding with Measurement, Inc. and

Questar (MEAP narrative to be done in March)

• Rubrics available as drafts on MDE website

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Results of Rubric Review

1. Revised statement for condition codes: Any

condition code will result in a score of 0 for

each trait

2. Possible to receive an earned 0 without a

condition code

3. Revised wording for Informational Ideas and

Narrative Ideas and Style