1. Spring 2013 Scores for SHHS October 7, 2013 Expository Writing

2. English STAAR Testing Blueprint 63 Multiple Choice Items (including Field Test Questions) 35 for READING, based on 4 selections – 7 questions are Field Test Questions 28 for WRITING, half Revising / half Editing – 6 questions are Field Test Questions 3 Short Answer Responses (This is Expository-style writing.) Will be based on the READING selections from above One of the SA responses will be a field test Essays (including Field Test Prompts) Each student will write 2 essays of the same style. One will be a field test. English 1 writes EXPOSITORY. English 2 writes PURSUASIVE. 5 Hour Testing Window

3. English STAAR Scoring Blueprint 50 Multiple Choice Items, scored at 1 point each. Short Answer Questions, scored on a scale of 0 to 3. This score is then tripled. Essay, scored by two readers on a scale of 0 to 4, for a maximum possible score of 8. This score is then doubled. Maximum MC total: 50 Maximum SA total: 18 Maximum Essay total: 16 TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 84 Estimated Passing Score for 2014: 51 out of 84

4. 2013 Spring EOC Composition Scores English 1 Writing: Expository and Literary Sample size: 278 students scored by 2 readers each = 556 scores assigned. Each composition scored according to TEA rubric on scale of 0 – 4. Expository: 24 essays scored as 0 249 essays scored as 1 268 essays scored as 2 15 essays scored as 3 0 essays scored as 4 Literary: 10 essays scored as 0 115 essays scored as 1 320 essays scored as 2 105 essays scored as 3 6 essays scored as 4 English 2 Writing: Expository and Pursuasive Sample size: 212 students scored by 2 readers each = 424 scores assigned. Each composition scored according to TEA rubric on scale of 0 – 4. Expository: 2 essays scored as 0 91 essays scored as 1 226 essays scored as 2 98 essays scored as 3 3 essays scored as 4 Pursuasive: 2 essays scored as 0 71 essays scored as 1 274 essays scored as 2 69 essays scored as 3 8 essays scored as 4

5. SHHS English 1 Writing: Spring 2013 Composition Scores EXPOSITORY

6. SHHS English 2 Writing: Spring 2013 Composition Scores EXPOSITORY

7. SHHS English 1 Writing: Spring 2013 Composition Scores LITERARY

8. SHHS English 2 Writing: Spring 2013 Composition Scores PURSUASIVE

9. Score Sliding Scale: Compositions and Revising/Editing The higher a student scores on the Revising and Editing, the lower their score can be on the compositions and still pass. If students score:Then their combined writing score must be: 306 (two 2s and two 1s) 287 (three 2s and a 1) 268 (four 2s) 249 (three 2s and a 3) 2210 (two 2s and two 3s) 2011 (one 2 and three 3s) 1812 (four 3s) 1613 (three 3s and a 4) 1414 (two 3s and two 4s) 1215 (one 3 and three 4s) 1016 (four 4s)

10. SHHS English 1 Writing: Spring 2013 Revising & Editing Combined Score

11. SHHS English 2 Writing: Spring 2013 Revising & Editing Combined Score

12. SHHS English 1 Writing: Spring 2013 Revising & Editing Comparing Revising to Editing

13. SHHS English 2 Writing: Spring 2013 Revising & Editing Comparing Revising to Editing

14. TEA Expository Writing Scoring Rubric STAAR Writing compositions are scored using a rubric from that gives a holistic score of 1 to 4 points. The rubric is divided into 3 categories: Organization/Progression Development of Ideas Use of Language/Conventions Highlight the changes in expectations across the rubric from score 1 to score 4. Example: Organizing structure: Score 1 – inappropriate Score 2 – evident but not always appropriate Score 3 – for the most part appropriate Score 4 – clearly appropriate