Curry Elementary School

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Public | Grades: KG-5 | 0 students
District: Birmingham City

     7900 8th Ave North
     Birmingham, AL  35206-3242

     (205) 231-8250

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Test:  ADAW Grammar and UsageADAW Holistic CompositionADAW Sentence FormationADAW Writing MechanicsARMT MathematicsARMT Reading  Grade:    (Switch to advanced graphs)

Curry Elementary School

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ADAW			Students tested			% met standard
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
Grammar and Usage	2004	5th Grade	51	2,761	56,097	15.6	32.3	50.6
Grammar and Usage	2005	5th Grade	35	2,498	55,281	37.1	29.3	42.2
Grammar and Usage	2006	5th Grade	34	2,239	54,096	41.1	31.2	45

Source:  Alabama State Department of Education

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