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TCTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 29 , 2012
Pat ScruggsCurr icu lum Spec ia l i s t , L i teracy
Wi l l i amson County Schoo lsTDOE ELA Leadership Counci l
lauret tas@wcs .edu
Tennessee Writing AssessmentIn Transition
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Why Change?
To support student and teacher readiness for PARCC Writing in response to text Computer-based assessment
Eighth and Eleventh Grade online Fifth Grade optional (computer or pencil/paper)
To reflect the shifts of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
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Format Changes
Text-basedStudents will read a passage and cite
evidence from the text in the responseScored using trait-based rubrics specific to
mode: Informative/Explanatory Narrative Opinion/Argument
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Accountability
Under NCLB waiver, the writing assessment will no longer be factored into accountability for schools or districts
Will not figure into teacher value-added dataData will be reported on TDOE Report CardTeachers may elect to use writing assessment
data for 15% student achievement portion of evaluation
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ELA Instructional Shifts
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An Integrated Approach to Writing
The modes look different under CCSSNarrative writing “conveys experience, either
real or imaginary, and uses time as its deep structure.” Many purposes:
Inform Instruct Persuade Entertain
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Common Core Approach to Writing
Writing is not a set of splintered and unrelated acts dictated by a set of arbitrary strictures corresponding to each mode, but an organic process which often requires students to draw from a variety of techniques and skills depending on the context.
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Anchor Standard #4
“Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.”
Students will “know how to combine elements of different kinds of writing – for example, to use narrative strategies within argument and explanation within a narrative – to produce complex and nuanced writing.”
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KEY DIFFERENCE
Text-DependentStudents will read one or more texts, which
may include visual texts, such as charts or political cartoons, and write in response to those texts using textual evidence.
Requires: Reading comprehension Ability to draw evidence from a source
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http://www.achievethecore.org/downloads/E0702_Description_of_the_Common_Core_Shifts.pdf
http://tncore.org/ http://www.corestandards.org/ http://www.parcconline.org/
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