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W J Carroll Intermediate School - ADAW Test Scores - 5th Grade - Holistic Composition

About this chart About ADAW

ADAW			Students Tested			% Meets or Exceeds Standard
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
Holistic Composition	2004	5	238	1857	56533	50	56.2	57.3
Holistic Composition	2005	5	141	1881	55561	57.4	63.5	58.7
Holistic Composition	2006	5	134	1795	54352	67.1	62.1	64
Holistic Composition	2008	5	150	1957	54589	55.33	64.12	62.46

Source:  Alabama State Department of Education

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This graph shows three data columns for the “% met or exceeded standard” scoring students of the Alabama Direct Assessment of Writing (ADAW) for each year. The first column is the score for W J Carroll Intermediate School, the second is the district average, and the third is the state average.

Primary Purposes:

• To assess students’ writing performance in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of discourse, thus encouraging writing in all four modes
• To report to the public regarding students’ writing performance in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of discourse

Content:

• Grade 5—Descriptive, narrative, and expository modes of writing
• Grade 7—Descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of writing
• Grade 10—Narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of writing

Additional Information:

• The ADAW is administered in late February/early March.
• The assessment is timed.
• Scores are reported in the following manner:
• Focused Holistic Score. This requires the reader to focus attention on a set of compositional characteristics (purpose, content, audience, and organization/clarity) and to assign scores based on the level of proficiency that the writer demonstrates in these areas.
• Analytic Scores. These scores are given for writing mechanics, sentence formation, and grammar and usage.
• Performance is reported in the following achievement levels:
  • Level I: This writing shows little understanding of the writing task.
  • Level II: This writing reflects some understanding of the writing task but more author involvement than author control.
  • Level III: This writing indicates a good understanding of the writing task and is sufficiently developed with a sense of audience, purpose, and author control.
  • Level IV: This writing is thorough with a strong sense of audience and purpose and is precise, consistent, and elaborated with details that are clear and coherent.

Source: Overview of Alabama Student Assessment Program, Alabama Dept of Education