1. Jennifer EvansAssistant Director ELASt. Clair County RESAEvans.jennifer@sccresa.orghttp://www.protopage.com/evans.jennifer#Untitled/Home

2. AgendaAssessmentFidelityWriteWellPre and PostAssessmentsHow do youadminister theassessment?DetermineProtocolScoringFidelityHow do youscore theassessment?ScoringProtocolAnchorPapersWhat is agood exampleof a 4,3,2,1?Practice 3. The most effective strategy to improve writingIncrease the amountand quality of writing. 4. Assigning writingis easy. Teachingwriting is reallyhard.We need to teach ourstudents to read likewriters and write likereaders.Kelly Gallagher, Author and Teacherhttp://www.kellygallagher.org/index.html 5. Note: On Demandwriting is a necessaryskill. However, givingwriting promptsevery day is notwriting instruction its assigning writing. 6. What is the WriteWell Curriculum?It is a carefully sequenced, coherent K-12 writing curriculumthat follows a Writing Workshop format designed to:Continually improvemeet the needs of all studentsincrease writing proficiency at every gradeuse effective, researched based instructional practices 7. Navigating the Website WriteWell http://www.sccresa.org/toolsforschools/curriculumtools/writewell/ Select logo Enter school log in and password:Log in:Password: 8. www.sccresa.org 9. http://sccresa.org/downloads/writewell_gr3/pre_and_post_assessment_2_20130904_090119_2.pdf 10. WriteWell Pre and PostAssessments:PerformanceTasksModeled afterSmarter BalancePerformanceTasks2-3 daysScored withInformational/ExplanatoryRubricMultiple Texts 11. Assessment Fidelity 12. There is now conclusive, compellingresearch stating that acting as aProfessional Learning Community(PLC) is the most powerful andeffective process to systemically changeschool culture and improve studentlearning.- Sharon Kramer, PLC Conference:Connecting the Dots: From ELA Standards to FormativeAssessment to Interventions and Extensions, 2014 13. The Big Ideas of a PLCWe accept learning as the fundamental purpose of ourschool and therefore are willing to examine all practices andtheir impact on learning.We are committed to working together to achieve ourcollective purpose. We cultivate a collaborative culturethrough the development of high-performing teams.We assess our effectiveness on the basis of results ratherthan intentions. We seek relevant data and information anduse that information to promote continuous improvement. 14. Selection of Articles / VideosGet with yourgrade levelWatch all of thevideosRead all of thearticlesDecide as a groupwhatvideos/articlesyou will use forthe pre-test andthe post-test 15. Develop Answer Key for VideosWork with your grade level team to determine what are key points you want your studentsto identify in the videos.Work together to fill in the Note-Taking Matrix for the Videos so every teacher in the gradelevel is looking for the same key information.Determine protocol for how you will instruct this portion of the assessment (i.e. Will yougive examples or will it be all student generated? Are you explicitly modeling how to fill inthe matrix? Are you watching videos whole class or are students watching themindependently at their own pace? )Be sure to record assessment decisions made on the WriteWell Scoring Clinic Notes pageto ensure assessment fidelity when giving the assessment. 16. Develop Answer Key for ArticlesWork with your grade level team to determine what are key points you want your students to identify inthe articles.Work together to fill in the Note-Taking Matrix for the Articles so every teacher in the grade level islooking for the same key information.Determine if the grade level will write and score the 3 focus questions optional part of the assessment.Determine protocol for how you will instruct this portion of the assessment (i.e. Will you give examplesor will it be all student generated? Are you explicitly modeling how to fill in the matrix? Are you readingarticles whole class or are students reading them independently at their own pace? )Be sure to record assessment decisions made on the WriteWell Scoring Clinic Notes page to ensureassessment fidelity when giving the assessment. 17. Scoring Fidelity 18. Key PointsLooking at the Informational/ExplanatoryRubric, highlight key points for a 4 scoreHighlight differences for a 3 scoreHighlight differences for a 2 scoreHighlight differences for a 1 scoreDetermine protocol for a 0 score 19. Anchor Papers 20. 5th Grade Score 4 Sample 1 21. Discuss 3rd Grade Example 22. Scoring ProtocolLook at the anchorset of papers foryour grade levelDiscuss with yourteam key pointsDetermine aprotocol for howyour team will scorepapers with fidelity 23. Scoring 24. Scoring PracticeWorking with yourgrade level, beginscoring practicestudent papers.Each paper should bescored by at least 2teachers.Discrepant scoresneed to be discussedand protocoldetermined 25. 2014-15 Memphis AssessmentScheduleBeginningAssessment:September 2 September 16 2014 Narrative Assessment andInformational AssessmentMid-YearAssessment:January 12 January 22 2015 Narrative Assessment andInformational AssessmentEnd YearAssessment:May 4 May 15 2015 Narrative Assessment andInformational Assessment 26. Narrative Topics:Kindergarten Something you did with a friend. ( New: Pre and Post)1st Grade A time you helped or were helped. ( New: Pre and Post)2nd Grade Solving a problem (Old: End of Year Below the Line)3rd Grade Working Together (Old: End of Year Below the Line)4th Grade Doing the Right Thing (Old: Beginning of Year Below the Line)5th Grade Courage (Old: End of Year Below the Line) 27. Informational Topics2nd Grade Explain what you know about frogs.(New: Pre and Post)3rd Grade Explain what you know about fur trading.(New: Pre and Post)4th Grade Explain the effects of an invasive species on anexosystem.(New: Pre and Post)5th Grade Explain the importance of the Boston Tea Party.(New: Pre and Post) 28. OtherTarget Aim Score! Beginning, Middle, and End of Yeartesting (2-5) are expected to be teacher directedreview that does not have to be put in DataDirector.Student packets will be reviewed at an after-schoolprofessional development session.The writing prompt used for the above assessmentsmay be skipped. 29. Questions?