Assessing Literacy - WRITING
Everything one could ever hope to learn about Literacy as it relates to Writing including, statistics/background, strategies, tool, tips and assessments can be found below. While the VIDEO below is the longest on this website, it is more than worth ones time, as remember we're hoping to provide our students with all the opportunity and inspiration in the world to become the next J.K. Rowling, Flannery O'Connor, R.L. Stine or Ken Kesey.
Useful Links
http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/3001 - DEFINITIVE VIDEO ON WRITING LITERACY
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/writing.html
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htm
http://storybird.com/
https://www.mystorybook.com/
https://www.storyjumper.com/
Numerous, engaging writing activities can be found at the reading rockets link below...
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/25-activities-reading-and-writing-fun
Helpful information from the Georgia Department of Education website concerning the Georgia Milestones writing assessments...
https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Grade-3-Writing-Assessment.aspx
Ideas for creating rubrics to assess students writing can be found HERE...https://www.thoughtco.com/writing-rubric-2081370
ASSESSMENTS
An assortment of assessments for grades K-12 can be found at the link below and in the PDF file below. They have different administration procedures depending upon which assessment you use. Times to administer vary. Grade levels vary. Most should be conducted one-on-one. These are formal assessments and scoring procedures are included in the document.
This is a definitive writing assessment document and should be used by educators to pick and choose what they need from it...so don't be overwhelmed by the fact that it is 70 pages long...
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/elarts/writing/writing-framework-assessment.pdf
writing-framework-assessment.pdf
Citations
Reading Rockets,. (2017). Teaching Writing. Retrieved from:
http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/3001
Kent State University,. (08/17/2016). Writing Teaching Strategies. Retrieved from: http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/writing.html
University of Connecticut,. (05/2007). Connecting Reading and Writing. Retrieved from: http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htm
Cox, J., ThoughtCo., (05/03/2016). Writing Rubric. Retrieved from: https://www.thoughtco.com/writing-rubric-2081370
Oregon Department of Education., K-12 Writing Assessment. Retrieved from: http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/elarts/writing/writing-framework-assessment.pdf