Agenda Julie and Daron DWA Analysis SAGE Update: Writing
Informative/Explanatory Essay Rangefinding Argument Essay
Rangefinding Kim Best Practices for Utah Compose
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Changes to 2014 DWA Prompt Argument/Opinion Claim Evidence and
Reasoning Stimulus Text Set
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DWA Results Old: Persuasive scoring algorithm New:
Argument/Opinion scoring algorithm
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Changes to SAGE Writing 2014-15 Shorten stimulus Expected
length Time guidelines Field Test
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Argument/Opinion: Passage sets will be shortened by
approximately 50% Grade Level Original Minimum/Maximum Word Count
New Minimum/Maximum Word Count 3 1000/1100550/650 4
1200/1300650/750 5 1200/1300700/800 6 1500/1600900/1000 7
1500/16001000/1100 8 1600/17001000/1100 9 1800/19001100/1200 10
1900/20001100/1200 11 1900/20001100/1200
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Informative/Explanatory Directions will be more explicit for
the expected length. Grades 3-4: Write a 1-3 paragraph explanation
Grades 5-11: Write a 2-3 paragraph explanation
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Opinion/Argumentative Directions will be more explicit for the
expected length for elementary. Grades 3-4: Write a 1-3 paragraph
essay Grade 5-11: Write an essay
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Administrator Guidelines for Time The TAMs will give test
administrators guidelines for how long students should work. 60
minutes (soft time limit) 90 minute
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Note on Range and Content of Student Writing
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Writing Window Field Test February 2-20 Human scoring
Rangefinding February 23 March 6 Immediate reporting when ELA test
is completed
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Informative/Explanatory Essay Rubric Available on SAGE Portal:
http://sageportal.org/http://sageportal.org/
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Rangefinding/Scoring Groups of 3 3 essays 1.Read the prompt and
passage set 2.Read and score essays individually 3.Discuss and come
to consensus 4.Share out
Argument Essay Rubric Available on SAGE Portal:
http://sageportal.org/http://sageportal.org/
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Scoring Guide
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Opinion Writing Scoring Guide
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Opinion Scoring & 5 th Grade UCS
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Opinion Scoring Guide & 5 th Grade UCS
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Argument: Instructional Implications
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Kelly Gallagher: The Grecian Urn Approach
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Mentor Textnoun a well-developed example of the targeted text
for emulation or imitation Modeltransitive verb to display in an
explicit fashion (thinking aloud, multiple iterations, etc.) the
skills and processes used to develop a text