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Gardendale High School - ADAW Test Scores - 10th Grade - Writing Mechanics

About this chart About ADAW

ADAW			Students Tested			% Meets or Exceeds Standard
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
Writing Mechanics	2004	10	224	2877	46618	57.1	59.5	56.7
Writing Mechanics	2005	10	237	2760	47643	57.8	56.5	54.6
Writing Mechanics	2006	10	229	2726	48407	61.5	60.5	59.2
Writing Mechanics	2008	10	231	2618	48923	62.34	60.31	59.53

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 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 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