Test Date Given: 02/05/2007
The Purpose Of The Writing Assessment
The assessment is a part of the State Proficiency Examination Program administered at grade
eight. Its purpose is to provide administrators, teachers, parents, and students with
information about student proficiency in writing that will help students improve their
skills in writing.
How The Assessment Is Scored
State students in grade eight have a sample of their writing scored by two trained teachers
who independently read the paper and assign scores of one to five in each of the traits. The
scores are then averaged for each trait, so the writer receives four scores.
A score of three denotes a piece of writing that demonstrates proficiency in that trait for
the grade level. The scores on all four traits are added together to give a complete score.
A composite score of 12 or higher demonstrates proficiency.
Achievement Level
Scores
- 0-7.5 ED - Emergent/Developing: Student does not apply
skills/strategies and requires extensive remediation.
- 8-11.5 AS - Approaches Standard: Standard inconsistently and/or
incompletely applies skills/strategies and requires targeted remediation.
- 12-15.5 MS - Meets Standard: Student consistently applies skills without
need for remediation.
- 16-20 ES - Exceeds Standard: Student comprehensively and
consistently applies and generalizes skills/strategies in a variety of situations.
Taylor's Score On The Four Traits:
Ideas - 5.0 Organization - 4.0 Voice - 4.0 Convention - 5.0
Taylor's composite Writing Score is 18.0
Based on the scores, his achievement level is: EXCEEDS STANDARD
Taylor's accomplishment in his score, achieved him in being the student throughout his
entire school of eighth graders, to being the only second highest score student in the proficiency
writing exam.
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