Essential Skills

Overview:

• In 2010, ODE said that to graduate from high school a student needed to prove they could read and write (and do other things too). The main way students demonstrate their ability to read and write is via the Smarter Balanced Assessment. If a student is unable to do so, they can use scores from a few other standardized assessments, or work samples.

Information and Guides:

• 2019-20 Reading Work Sample Procedure Guide
• 2019-20 Writing Work Sample Procedure Guide
• Rules regarding modifying a work sample for students on IEPs

Scoring Guides:

• Reading Work Sample Scoring Guide [English & Spanish]
• Writing Work Sample Scoring Guide - Narrative [English & Spanish]
• Writing Work Sample Scoring Guide - Informative/Argumentative [English & Spanish]

Tools:

• How to create your own Reading Work Sample
• Blank Reading Work Sample Template
• In depth guide to creating a Reading Work Sample

Forms:

• Informative & Argumentative Writing Work Sample Feedback and Entry Form
• Narrative Writing Work Sample Feedback Form
• Reading Work Sample Feedback and Entry Form