1. WV Writes: A Roadmap to Writing Success Stacey Murrell RLA Acuity and WV Writes Coordinator West Virginia Technology Conference Morgantown, WV August 3, 2011

2. Benefits – Increases rigor and expectations – Uses WV writing rubrics – Simulates WESTEST 2 Online Writing experience – Allows data-driven curriculum design – Student using Writing Roadmap five or more times scored 3 points higher on WESTEST 2 RLA than those who had not logged into the program at all.

3. WV Students wrote- 491,916 essays in WV Writes in 2010-2011 school year!!

4. Using WV Writes Data to Facilitate Writing

5. Sample County 2010-2011 WV Writes Proficiency Summary 23,349 Essays Submitted

6. Five analytic traits proficiency range for Elementary, Middle, and High School WESTEST 2 Practice Prompts-Sample County

7. Five analytic traits proficiency range based on WV WESTEST 2 9 th -12 th grade prompts-sample county

8. Controversy- Artificial intelligence scoring

9. Comparing Rates of Agreement Exact Agreement – occurs when the human score is exactly the same as the corresponding engine score (e.g., human rating for Mechanics is 3 and Engine rating is 3). Exact + Adjacent Agreement – occurs when the human score is exactly the same as the corresponding engine score or is equal to the engine score +/- one point. Similar to a margin of error estimate (e.g., human rating for Mechanics is 4 and Engine rating is 3, 4 or 5). (Online Writing Scoring Comparability Study – 2010, WVDE)

10. Exact Agreement (Online Writing Scoring Comparability Study – 2010, WVDE)

11. Exact + Adjacent Agreement (Online Writing Scoring Comparability Study – 2010, WVDE)

12. Stop Read Score using rubric

14. Cool Tricks Quickly open and print WV writing rubric. See a list of every essay a student wrote regardless of who assigned it. Back door to viewing and scoring essays that you have assigned. Edit a prompt that you created. Quickly add a student to a writing prompt assignment that has been transferred into your class. Quickly view completed essays to change scores or make comments to students.

15. WV Writes Navigating the site-Hands on – Assign an Essay to Selected Students – View/Edit Existing Assignments – Create Your Own Essay Prompt/Assessment – Score Items – View/Print Group Reports

16. Incorporating WV Writes Teaching strategies from WV teachers – Quick checks for content – Writing process checklist – Revision for extra points Writing portfolio-paper and/or online blog, wiki, etc.

17. The Future 2 nd grade students rostered in WV Writes, 2 nd grade teachers may need to be created – 2 nd grade teachers can create prompts – Plans to add 2 nd grade prompts at state level written by 2 nd grade teachers this fall – 2 nd grade students scored using 3 rd grade rubric Automatic rostering when students transfer schools and/or counties – teachers can no longer create students – School rosters will update 1 st and 3 rd Friday Anticipated 2011-2012 site opening on August 15, 2011

18. Questions?

19. Contact Stacey Murrell, Coordinator RLA Acuity and WV Writes 304-558-2546 slmurrell@access.k12.wv.us