1. Written Language Assessment
Chapter 8 ~~~~~
Written Language Assessment

2. Six Trait of Writing + One
Ideas and Concepts: idea generation; organization, sequence, awareness of audience
Organization: internal structure, sequence
Voice: author’s personal style
Word Choice: originality/maturity of vocabulary
Sentence Fluency: quantity of written output
Conventions: technical aspects of writing; punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, and numbers
Presentation: legibility/readability of final product
Transparency 7-1
What are the basic components of written language?
Ideation: idea generation; organization,
sequence, awareness of audience
Mechanics: technical aspects of writing;
punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations,
numbers
Structure: way words are put together to
form phrases, clauses, sentences
Fluency: number of words written
Vocabulary: word choice

3. STEPS IN THE WRITING PROCESS
Step 1: Prewriting, Planning
Step 2: Writing, Drafting
Step 3: Revising, Editing
Step 4: Proofreading
Step 5: Publishing, Sharing

4. Writing Assessment Things to do
Assess the classroom writing environment, procedures, products and intrinsic factors
Determine writing interests
Do a written work sample
Observe while writing
Require journal entry dialogue
Encourage self/peer evaluation
before beginning specific test measures, teachers should begin by assessing daily classroom procedures, products, and intrinsic factors that impact students’ overall abilities, output and attitude. It is important to consider students’ writing interests, whether the classroom environment is conducive to facilitating, stimulating, and accommodating young writers, how they perform on daily work products, student journal entries, and measures of self-assessment. Direct observation of students while in the process of writing, can provide insights and a wealth of information that cannot be so clearly ascertained in the testing process.

5. Written Language Assessment
Work Sample Analysis
Student Writing Journals
Self and Peer Assessments
Assessment of the Writing Process
Portfolio Assessment
Curriculum-based Measurement
Performance-based Assessment

6. Spelling Assessment Spelling Error Analysis Dictated Spelling Tests
Informal Spelling Inventory
Cloze Procedure
Spelling Curriculum-based Measurement
Phonemic Awareness Spelling Assessment
Inventory of Word Knowledge
Spelling Word Test: Flow List

7. Handwriting Assessment
Handwriting Sample Assessment
Curriculum-based Measurement: Handwriting Probes
Handwriting Error Analysis Procedure
Zaner-Bloser Evaluation Scale

8. Scoring Procedures Holistic scoring
One score assigned; after examining as a whole; provides overall impression of work
Analytic scoring
Multiple scores assigned to various components
Anchor papers
Used as a model; all other work is rated based on how they compare to the anchor