1. Writing Framework
2011
National Assessment of Educational Progress
National Assessment Governing Board
U.S. Department of Education
By:
Khalid El-Gamal
M.Ed

2. Key Goals for the 2011 NAEP Writing
Assessment

To encourage student writers to move beyond prescriptive or formulaic
approaches in their writing

To assess students’ writing using word processing software with commonly
available tools

To measure student’s ability to respond to a writing task in an on-demand
scenario

3. Key Characteristics of Writing Tasks
Guidelines for
Development
• Topic
• Purpose
• Audience
Student
Engagement
• Content
• Approaches to
thinking & writing
• Form

4. Communicative Purposes

To persuade
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To explain
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In order to change the reader’s point of view or affect the reader’s action
In order to expand the reader’s understanding
To convey
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In order to communicate individual and imagined experience to others

5. Percentage of Writing Tasks
G4
G8
G 12
To persuade
30%
35%
40%
To explain
35%
35%
40%
To convey
experience
35%
30%
20%

6. Audiences

Grade 4

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Peers – teachers – school officials – parents
Grade 8 & 12

Authoritative audiences e.g. community leaders and government officials

7. Approaches to Thinking and Writing

Describing & Narrating (storytelling)
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Reflecting and questioning
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Evaluating & interpreting (critiquing)
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Analyzing & synthesizing (logical reasoning)

8. Types of Writing (Form)

Grade 4
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Specified
Grade 8 & 12

Specified (letter)
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Recommended (letter, editorial, or essay)

Not specified

9. Domains of Evaluation

Development of ideas

Organization of ideas
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Language facility and conventions

10. Criteria for Evaluation
Development
Organization
Language Facilities &
Conventions
• Depth & complexity
• Details & examples
• Approaches of thinking
& writing
• Text structure
• Coherence
• Focus
• Word choice
• Sentence structure &
sentence variety
• Voice & tone
• Grammar, usage, and
mechanics
(capitalization,
punctuation, and
spelling)

11. Assessment Results

Scale scores (1-6)
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Achievement levels
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Profile of student writing

12. Achievement Levels
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Levels
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Proficient (solid academic performance)
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Advanced (superior performance)
Basic ( partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills)
Components
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Achievement level descriptions (how good is good enough)
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Cut scores
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Examples of students’ responses

13. Assessment Features
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Computer-based for Grade 4 by 2019
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Computer-based for Grade 8 & 12
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Word processing tools enabled (except, font color, clipart, and the internet)
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Two 30-minute extended response tasks
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Accessibility & accommodations

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Large print – Braille – extended time - audio
Holistic scoring rubric

14. Nation’s Report Card
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Where assessment results reported
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Includes information about the subgroups of students
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Gender

Race/ethnicity
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Eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch
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Students with disabilities
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English language learners

15. NAEP Reporting Components
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How information is reported
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What is reported
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What information is gathered
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Profile of student writing

16. Content Components for the 2011 NAEP Writing Assessment
Communicative purposes
To persuade
To explain
To convey experience
Example Audiences
Principal
Parents
government officials
Peers
Community Leaders
Teachers
Example Approaches to Thinking & Writing
Analyze
Narrate
Describe
Summarize
Evaluate Synthesize
Reflect
Question
Argue
Example forms
Essay
Story
Article
Letter
Editorial
Report
Evaluation Criteria
Development of Ideas
Organization of Ideas
Language Facilities & Conventions

17. Thank you