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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 Gardendale High 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 modesTo report to the public regarding students’ writing performance in descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of discourseContent:Grade 5—Descriptive, narrative, and expository modes of writingGrade 7—Descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of writingGrade 10—Narrative, expository, and persuasive modes of writingAdditional 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
