Sample Tasks/ Scoring Guides

After a review of students’ work on the test, literacy experts from across the province identified characteristics of successful or unsuccessful students’ work. The characteristics were categorized into headings that defined what each characteristic meant in relation to the test.

The chart below outlines their conclusions.

This information may assist educators

• to help unsuccessful students understand what “getting better” at literacy looks like;

• to identify evidence that would help a student move from one category to another, and

• to discuss areas for student improvement with parents.​