NC Writing Assessment System 20082009

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NC Writing Assessment System2008-2009

• Framework for Change
• The Next Generation of
• Assessments and Accountability

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GOALS OF THE NEW SYSTEM

• Elevate the importance of writing throughout the
  curriculum
• Replace the current writing assessments with a
  PreK-12 writing assessment system.
• Year-long writing instruction (implementing
  writing process) delivered across all content
  areas and grades for different types of writing
  tasks/assignments.

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NC WRITING ASSESSMENT PARTICIPANTS

• 2008-2009 state mandates that all 4th and 7th
  graders participate.
• All EXTEND2 students will be included in this
  assessment.
• NCEXTEND1 and NCCLAS students will not
  participate.

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TYPE OF WRITING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS
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ON-DEMAND TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS
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WRITING PROMPTS
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WRITING ASSESSMENTS
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WRITING ASSESSMENTS
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SCORING
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BLIND REVIEW PROCESS

• Teachers will score their own students completed
  writing.
• Scores will be recorded on a Student Writing
  Score Sheet which will be provided by the
  Instruction Department.
• Upon completion, teachers will pass the students
  completed writing to a second scorer without
  revealing their assigned scores.
• A second teacher/scorer will assess the papers
  and record the scores on a new Student Writing
  Score Sheet.
• Each teacher/scorer will use the score sheets to
  individually enter the scores in the computer.
  (Information regarding data entry will be
  provided through the Testing Department and your
  testing coordinator.)
• After scores have been entered in the computer,
  both Student Writing Score Sheets will be
  returned to the homeroom teacher (person who
  maintains accountability folders) along with the
  students completed paper.
• The forms will be stapled to the front of the
  students work and placed in a writing folder
  that will remain in the Student Accountability
  Folder.

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4th GRADE WRITING TIMELINE
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7th GRADE WRITING TIMELINE
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SCORING TIMELINE

• IMPORTANT NOTE The window for scoring and
  entering data is two weeks. However, ALL
  information must be in the computer by the
  deadline. To allow time for troubleshooting,
  please do NOT wait until the last day of the
  scoring window to begin entering data.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• NCDPI has established online professional
  development for teachers to introduce strategies
  for writing across the curriculum and scoring
  techniques.
• This online professional development is referred
  to as a moodle. This is an acronym for
• Modular
• Object
• Oriented
• Dynamic
• Learning
• Environment

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Moodle is online and available 24/7.
• Schools may choose
• To complete together in a meeting (recommended
  by NCDPI) OR
• Allow teachers to complete independently.
• Again, all 4th and 7th grade teachers must
  complete PD due to the fact that all will
  participate in instruction, assessment, and
  evaluation.

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MOODLE PARTICIPANTS

• 4th and 7th grade teachers are required to
  complete both courses of the moodle by January
  30, 2009.
• NCDPI recommends that all teachers/stakeholders
  complete the moodle. (The moodle will no longer
  be available after June 15, 2009.
• Principals may require that all staff members
  participate in the moodle.
• On-line journal and certificate of completion
  will be submitted to the Professional Learning
  Department for credit to be awarded.
• Upon completion, teachers will receive 1.0
  reading CEUs.
• To receive credit, follow procedures to apply for
  an outside course.

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ACCOUNTABILITY

• DPI Testing and Accountability Department has
  created an Administrators Guide.
• Test coordinators will be trained and then share
  information with schools.
• Proctors are required for both on-demand writing
  tasks/assignments.
• Test coordinators will help to develop an
  assessment schedule to include accommodations at
  their schools.
• Accountability and TSS are working together to
  establish procedures for using technology in the
  middle schools.

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

• If you have questions/comments regarding the NC
  Writing Assessment System and/or Professional
  Development moodle, contact your ELA
  Instructional Specialist
• Elementary Donna Kelly
• DonnaKelly_at_gaston.k12.nc.us
• [phone]
• Secondary Pamela Broome
• PamelaBroome_at_gaston.k12.nc.us
• [phone]