AFL Writing ResultsFrom April 2012 AssessmentSun West School Division

Purpose of the AFL• To use assessment data to plan for improvement in writing

skills

• Report provided by the Ministry gives a summary of key findings from Grade 5 and 8 students who participated in the assessment in April 2012.

• Results from such a large scale assessment are a snapshot of student performance. They do not tell the whole story.

• Individual levels of student mastery of learning is best determined through effective and on-going classroom-based assessment.

Participating Students• Provincially, 12, 960 students participated in the AFL Writing

Assessment

• Divisionally, 327 students participated

• According to the Ministry records, that was 90.8% of expected participation for our Division

Assessment Task• Students completed 1 writing task• were given a choice of topics or situations• either narrative (tell a story) • or expository (provide explanation or information) contexts

• Students showed their writing process:• Generation of ideas• Plan• Draft• Revision• Final Copy

Data Collected and Reported• 5 broad performance areas measured:• Quality of Writing Product*• Message Content and Ideas• Organization and Coherence• Language Choices• Demonstration of Writing Process

• * 5-level holistic rubric used to score the overall quality of the writing product

• Analytic scoring guide was used to assign percentage scores to the other four writing performance areas

Opportunity to Learn• Student questionnaire• 5 scale

• Preparation and commitment to learn• Knowledge and persistence with writing strategies• Home support for learning and writing

Teacher Questionnaires• 5 level scale

• 30 questions• Availability and use of resources• Instruction and learning

• Provincially, 97.0 % completed• Divisionally, 79.3 % completed

• Division results available

Teacher Questionnaire Sample

Grade 5 and 8 Comparison Reports• Division-wide results

compared to School-Based results for each Grade is available for each performance area• Historical Report

compares 2009/2013 results with 2011/2011 School-Based Results

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100%

20%

30%

49%

46%

31%

24%

Quality of Writing Product

Below Adequate Adequate Proficient

Comparison Results

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

23%

35%

51%

48%

26%

17%

Quality of Writing Product

Below Adequate Adequate Proficient

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