EFTA01245809.pdf

1997 Florida Writing Assessment Student Name: Student I.D. No.: STUDENT REPORT School: ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY District: PALM BEACH COUNTY Florian Grade 4 Writing Assessment TYPE OF WRITING TESTED: WRITING TO TELL A STORY SCORE: 3.0 Program Description of Writing Scores Your Student's Score 6.0: The writing focuses on the topic, is logically organized, and includes ample development of Dear Parents or Guardians: supporting ideas or examples. It demonstrates a mature command of language, including precision in word choice. Sentences vary in structure. Punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are generally correct. The paper your student wrote in January as part of the Florida Writing Assessment Program has been read independently by two people trained 5.5: The writing was given a 5 by one reader and a 6 by the other reader. to score this test. Each reader judged the paper against a set of 5.0: The writing focuses on the topic with adequate development of supporting ideas or examples. It standards and gave it an overall score. Your student's final score is the has an organizational pattern, though lapses may occur. Word choice is adequate. Sentences average of the two readers' scores. vary in structure. Punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are generally correct. 4.5: Thewriting was given a 4 by one reader and a 5 by the other reader. This writing score will help you, your student, and the teacher understand how well your student performed on this statewide uniting 4.0: The writing focuses on the topic, though it may contain extraneous information. An organizational pattern is evident, but lapses may occur. Some supporting ideas contain test. A description of each possible score is printed on the left side of specifics and details. but others are not developed. Word choice is adequate. Sentences vary this report. somewhat in structure, though many are simple. Punctuation, capitalization. and spelling are . usually correct. Students were given 45 minutes to read the assigned topic, plan what to 3.5: The writing was given a 3 by one reader and a 4 by the other reader. write, and then write their responses. The conditions under which your student writes papers in class or at home may not be the same as those 3.0: The writing generally focuses on the topic, though It may contain extraneous information. An for this test: therefore, the writing may not be the same. You and the organizational pattern has been attempted, but lapses may war. Some of the supporting ideas teacher should consider the score on this test along with all of your or examples may not be developed. Word choice is adequate. Sentences vary somewhat in structure, though many are simple. Punctuation and capitalization are sometimes incorrect, but student's other writing when planning activities to continue developing most commonly used words are spelled correctly. your student's writing skills. 2.5: The writing was given a 2 by one reader and a 3 by the other reader. 2.0: The writing may be slightly related to the topic or offer little relevant Information and few supporting ideas or examples. There is Buie evidence of an organizational pattern. Word choice may be limited or immature. Sentences may be limited to simple constructions. Frequent errors DESCRIPTION OP THE TOPIC: may occur in punctuation. capitalizacico, and spelling. 1.5: The writing was given a I by one reader and a 2 by the other reader. Students were asked to write a gory about what happened Elk The writing may only minimally address the topic because there is little or no development of when they traveled on a wagon pulled by horses. supporting ideas or examples. No crganizational pattern is evident Ideas are provided through lists. arid word choice is limited or immature. Unrelated information may be included. Frequent errors in punctuation, capitalizacion, and spelling may impede COM:MU:Lk:3d%. RUN DATE: Ch/19/97 U: The writing is unrelated to the assigned topic or cannot be read a there is no response. MM08-F 000045 3501.064-008 Page 1 of 1 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00059467 EFTA01245809