WriteAlign

What is WriteAlign?

WriteAlign is an innovative, educator-focused, AI-powered, online tool developed by the Digital Learning Department. Designed to meet the growing demands of writing instruction and assessment, WriteAlign streamlines essay scoring, supports data-driven decision-making, and enhances instructional quality across districts.

Purpose

WriteAlign helps educators evaluate and strengthen student writing using the official rubrics and skills needed to master writing. By combining automated scoring, exemplar responses, and actionable feedback, the platform ensures consistency, accuracy, and alignment with state rubrics. Current rubrics include ECR, SCR, TSI, and Teacher Created Rubrics.

What is our goal?

Districts implementing WriteAlign will enhance writing instruction by equipping educators with tools that deliver timely, consistent, and actionable feedback, empowering students to grow as confident and effective communicators. Grounded in the belief that strong writing leads to strong thinking, WriteAlign supports teachers in providing targeted feedback aligned to instructional goals and rubrics, helping students refine their ideas, organization, and clarity. Through ongoing use, educators will gain deeper insight into student progress, allowing for more intentional instruction and support. Region 7 specialists provide guidance and resources to ensure successful implementation, enabling districts to strengthen writing outcomes while fostering students’ ability to communicate with purpose and precision across content areas. 

Key Capabilities

• Automated Scoring: Each student response is scored using the official STAAR rubric for reliable, rubric-aligned evaluation. Each submission includes scores for Development and Organization of Ideas, Conventions, and Overall Score.

• Targeted Feedback: Each submission receives detailed, rubric-based feedback to guide student growth and teacher instruction.

• Exemplar Responses: Offers model essays to illustrate expectations and support instructional clarity.

• Instructional Guidance: Delivers strategies and student grouping recommendations to help teachers tailor instruction.

• Data-Driven Insights: Generates reports that inform instructional planning and track progress toward STAAR readiness.

Benefits

• Promotes consistency in writing assessment across districts.

• Reduces teacher workload by simplifying scoring and feedback processes.

• Strengthens instructional alignment with state standards.

• Supports professional learning by equipping educators with actionable data and instructional strategies.

• Enhances student outcomes through focused, feedback-driven writing instruction.

Quotes from Users:

"From a leadership level, the challenge has always been consistency. How do we ensure that a "4" in one classroom is a "4" in another, and how do we support our teachers in turning those scores into actual growth? Write Align provides the systemic solution we’ve been looking for by turning ECR data into a catalyst for student achievement.  Some of our teachers have also used Write Align to develop small-group lesson plans based on areas of growth and received attainable changes in the students' syntax to increase their ECR score." Cathrine Sqyures, Pineywoods Community Academy

"The STAAR RLA is asking more of our students in writing than ever before. SCRs require precise, evidence-backed responses within tight character limits. ECRs demand organized, developed thinking across multiple paragraphs. Our students are capable of meeting that bar — and WriteAlign gives us the tools to get them there, one skill group at a time." Andra Baggett, Gladewater ISD

See a live demo and how the product can support writing instruction in your district. Register below!

May 12 at 1:00 p.m.

May 19 at 1:00 p.m.

June 4 at 12:30 p.m.