2003-2004

This is the second year of the Write On project.  The writing methods presented through this project are also being duplicated through the Literacy project conducted by our district reading specialist.   Almost all K-5 teachers in our district have been trained in these methods so comparing achievement to a control and target group is not possible.

The following chart compares student achievement on the 2004 Fifth Grade Writing Assessment Test.  The results are grouped by Current Write On Teachers, those participating in the 2003-2004 project, Former Write On Teachers, those who participated in the 2002-2003 project, and Non Write On teachers those who have not participated in the project.  These scores are reflective of all students tested and includes all special education and ESL students.

Score of 6 Outstanding
Demonstrates high degree of proficiency in these categories:

• Well organized and coherently developed

• Clearly explains or illustrates key ideas

• Demonstrates syntactic variety

• Clearly displays facility in the use of language

• Generally free from errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

Our district had  20 out of the 624 fifth grade students tested with a score of 6.

Score of 5 Strong
Demonstrates clear proficiency in these categories:

• Generally well organized and coherently developed

• Explains or illustrates key ideas

• Demonstrates some syntactic variety

• Displays facility in the use of language

• Generally free from errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

Our district had   out of the 624 fifth grade students tested with a score of 5.

Score of 4 Competent
Demonstrates proficiency in these categories:

• Adequately organized and developed

• Explains or illustrates some key ideas

• Demonstrates adequate facility in the use of language

• Display some errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

Score of 3 Limited
Demonstrates proficiency in response to the assignment but is clearly flawed.

• Inadequately organization and development

• Inadequately explanation or illustrattion of key ideas

• Limited or inappropriate word choice

• Demonstrates a pattern or accumulation of errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

Score of 2 Flawed
Demonstrates limited proficiency in response to the assignment and has one or more of the following weaknesses:

• Displays weak organization and development

• Displays little or no relevant detail

• Demonstrates serious errors in mechanics, usage, and sentence structure

Score of 1 Deficient
Demonstrates fundamental deficiencies in writing skills and contains serious and persistent writing errors or is incoherent or underdeveloped.

Score of 0

• Blank or refusal

• Insufficient to score or illegible

• Off topic

• Predominantly in another language

In a final evaluation participants addressed the following components of the project:

Teacher Journals