1. Writing Update 2/4/2010 OEAA Advisory Committee

2. 12/7/2015 2 Writing Test Design Testing only 4 th and 7 th graders 2Student Writing Samples with 8 multiple choice items16 points 1 Peer Response to Student Writing Sample 4 points 1 Narrative Writing Constructed Response15 points 1 Informational Writing Constructed Response15 points TOTAL: 50 points

3. 12/7/2015 3 Schedule Need to field test items during operational testing window in 2010 Two days needed to complete assessment –Day 1 on Thursday, October 14 –Day 2 on Wednesday, October 20

4. 12/7/2015 4 Constructed Response Prompts Student Writing Sample (GLCE: PR.03.04 or PR.06.03) What could the writer do to improve this sample? - 4 point holistic rubric - similar to rubric used from 2005-2008 - two pages provided

5. 12/7/2015 5 Constructed Response Prompts Narrative Writing (GLCE: GN.03.01 or GN.06.01) Similar to Writing from Knowledge & Experience prompts used from 2005-2008 Options limited to two with “write about XXX in your own way” Worded to encourage narrative writing Two pages provided

6. 12/7/2015 6 Constructed Response Prompts Informational Writing (GLCE: GN.03.03 or GN. 06.02) Assess various organizational patterns used in informational writing: descriptive, enumerative, sequence, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution Grade 4: comparison Grade 7: cause/effect

7. 12/7/2015 7 2009 Field Test 7 Forms: Student Writing Sample with 8 mc items on all forms 5 Forms: Informational Writing Prompt (5 prompts) 2 Forms: Response to Student Writing Sample (2 samples)

8. 12/7/2015 8 New Analytic Rubrics Narrative & Informational Writing Ideas (x2)= 6 pts Organization= 3 pts Style= 3 pts Conventions= 3 pts 32 pts

9. 12/7/2015 9 Rubric Evaluation OEAA Advisory Committee OEAA Fall Conferences: Sessions to practice scoring with new rubrics on released Knowledge & Experience prompts Range Finding with Measurement, Inc. and Questar (MEAP narrative to be done in March) Rubrics available as drafts on MDE website

10. 12/7/2015 10 Results of Rubric Review 1. Revised statement for condition codes: Any condition code will result in a score of 0 for each trait 2. Possible to receive an earned 0 without a condition code 3. Revised wording for Informational Ideas and Narrative Ideas and Style