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Measurement Incorporated• Owner of PEG Writing and established in 1980 in
Durham, North Carolina, Measurement Incorporated (MI) is a full-service educational company that provides achievement tests and scoring services for state governments, other testing companies, and various organizations.
• MI has earned and continues to uphold its reputation as the industry leader in providing professional handscoring services for essays and open-ended exams.
NOW
• Online
• Formative
• ELA + Science, Social Studies
The Changing World of Writing
THEN
• Paper-pencil
•Summative
• ELA classrooms
The Changing World of Writing
The criteria for new ELA assessments will include:
•A focus on the close examination of text
•Mastery of complex literary and informational reading
•The ability to infer meaning from what is read
•The ability to both answer text-dependent questions and build arguments using evidence from the text
• Provides immediate feedback to students
• Gives teachers more time to formatively assess student writing
• Allows cross-curricular collaboration
Teacher as Writing Coach
• Read student’s essay• Add sticky note• Give content accuracy and textual evidence
scores• Respond to student’s message• Check student’s progress
Student Experience• Prewriting with graphic
organizers
• Essay creation/submission
• Receives score in each of six writing traits
• Feedback/Lessons
• Revisions
• Message to teacher
Helpful Links and Documents Appear on the Home Page of Each Class
Students & Teachers in Multiple Classes
Students can be added to multiple classes in multiple grade levels
Teachers can be added to multiple classes for cross-curricular writing (i.e. Science, Social Studies, Math) and support (i.e. Special Programs, ELL)
ELA Period 1 Grade 9
Biology Period 4 Grade 9
After-School Enrichment Grade 8
ELA Period 1 Grade 9
Types of Prompts
PEG Writing provides grade-appropriate, pre-packaged prompts (20-25 per grade level) which can be useful:
as a model for high-quality prompt development for capturing baseline writing measures (pre-/post-) when offering students a choice of writing topics
Create and Share Your Own PromptCreate a new topic title, add the prompt instructions, and select the essay category.
Share your prompts with other teachers in your school.
Add Stimulus Material to a Prompt
To support the Common Core ELA Standards, teachers can add reading passages, images, and website links to a writing prompt.
Advanced Prompt Settings
Set timer for timed writing and the number of revisions allowed.
Show/hide prompts as needed.
Graphic Organizers
T.A.P. Count Planning Guide
T.A.P. Instructions: Circle or write your task, audience, and purpose for writing.
TASK
AUDIENCE
PURPOSE
letter
friend
inform
journal entry
teacher
persuade
article
parent
entertain
instructions
myself
teach
essay
editor
explain
story
politician
research
other: ___________________
other: ___________________
other: ___________________
Practice Writing
The writer selects the Practice tab from the home page, chooses the desired topic, and clicks Begin Writing.
Practice Writing
The student works in the essay space and either saves it for later completion or submits his/her work for scoring and feedback.
Automated Scoring
Automated feedback is given as error highlights and as an evaluation of each trait.
Lessons are suggested based on the needs of the writer. Those links will take the student directly to the specified tutorial.
Electronic Sticky NotesClicking on the note will bring up the comments, both computer and teacher added.
Yellow notes are teacher feedback.
Revisions and Drafts
19
Students write, revise, and edit, watching their scores improve as they progress to their final draft.
Reports
20
PEG Writing reports student progress over time in addition to storing the student work portfolio.
TutorialsTutorials are interactive, utilizing animation and even music to engage writers in varied learning environments.
Peer Review
• Auto-create randomized groups or create specific groups.• Writer submits essay. Invites group members to review.• Reviewers give feedback (2 wishes and 1 star).• Teacher able to monitor and edit student comments.
