Scoring On-Demand Writing

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Scoring On-Demand Writing Using the New York State 2013 ELA Common Core Rubrics to Evaluate Student Work

In the Past… In the past students were asked to do things like: Characterize the text. Exhibit a cursory understanding of the lead character. Comprehend one sentence from the entire text. Understand basic, non-consequential vocabulary. Answer without a deep analysis of text. Look beyond text for stimuli. Answer by recalling text details. Answer without complete sentences required.

Now.. Now, students are going to be asked to: Comprehend complex, grade-level texts. (What should be noted is comprehension of text is assumed, it is not the focus of measurement.) Identify central themes and key text elements. Consider entire text. Place aspects of the text in context of the entire text Move beyond basic recall of details within text in ways such as making an inference as to how specific portions of text relate to the structure of the whole text Make and support text-based analyses, to support their text-based analyses with key details, and carry an analysis beyond one text, relating details to overarching messages of both entire texts

Holistic Scoring When scoring holistically: Read thoroughly, yet quickly, to gain an impression of the entire response. Read the entire response before determining a score, and then promptly assign a score. Read supportively, looking for and rewarding those things done well in a response. Keep in mind that each response represents a first draft, written under timed conditions.

Scoring Vs. Grading Scoring a state test is quite different from grading classroom papers. There is no single “correct” answer to the test questions. Students come to the test without knowledge of the passages or prompts. On-demand writing does not provide time to plan, edit, and revise work as does writing compositions for a class.

Guard Against Scoring Biases Appearance of response The quality of handwriting, the use of cursive or printing, margins, editing marks, cross-outs, or overall neatness are not part of the scoring criteria Offensive or Disturbing Content If a student uses inappropriate language, adopts an offensive point of view, or perhaps takes a naïve or narrow approach to a topic, readers should not let the student’s point of view affect the score. Likewise, readers should not let a student’s lifestyle or maturity level influence them either positively or negatively regarding their writing.

Guard Against Scoring Biases Reactions to Style A reader’s own grammatical biases should not play a part in assigning a score if the student has not violated standard writing conventions. In other words, beginning a sentence with “and,” the absence of a formal thesis sentence, the use of first or second person, or an informal tone are not necessarily wrong in this type of assessment. Writer’s Personality Writers may come across as brash, sassy, cute, self-aware, shy, surly, flat, honest, or naïve. Readers are scoring the written passage, not the writer’s personality.

Guard Against Scoring Biases Reactions to Performance Assessments Some readers may approach writing assessments with their own biases in favor of one type of assessment over another. Or, they may believe it is impossible to fairly score writing. Or, they may feel as though the standards used in an assessment violate their own sense of what constitutes good writing. It is important for each reader to set aside his/her own biases in order to keep the scoring as standardized and as fair to each student as possible.

KEEP IN MIND Remember: You are scoring, not grading. Set aside your own grading practices while scoring. Determine scores based only on the work in the student booklet, using state standards—not classroom standards—to score responses accurately, fairly, and consistently.

Responses should require no more than 3 complete sentences If student has correct answers, but they are not written in complete sentences, they can only receive 1 point. A student can receive 1 point as long as they have some relevant information from the text- only score a response as a 0 if there response does not connect to the text at all

If the prompt requires two texts and the student only references one text, the response can be scored no higher than a 2. If the student writes only a personal response and makes no reference to the text(s), the response can be scored no higher than a 1. Responses totally unrelated to the topic, illegible, or incoherent should be given a 0. A response totally copied from the text(s) with no original student writing should be scored a 0.