Assessment

Ongoing Assessment with TWR

As a you continue implementing TWR into your classroom, assessment must be an ongoing, consistent tool used to drive instruction and move students through the the different levels of writing. By utilizing both formative and summative assessments, you can gain specific knowledge about your individual students for small-group instruction, but also ascertain the overall skills of your classes and provide whole-group instruction in areas of need.

Formative Assessment & TWR

Monitor learning
Target specific areas
Pulse check of where students are
Ongoing & daily
Bridges teaching and learning
Elicit, interpret, and use evidence about student achievement to drive future instruction
Creates opportunities for explicit feedback
Types of formative assessments
- Exit slips
- Checks for understanding
- Classwork
- Quizzes
- All TWR activities & strategies

Summative Assessment & TWR

Evaluate learning
Measure progress
Types of summative assessment
- Final exams
- Standardized state tests
- TWR beginning of year, middle of year, and end of year assessments
  - Keep rubric score sheets for each student to show growth through the year
Used sparingly
Evaluate Whole Class Writing Samples (click the image below to make a copy)
- Use after beginning of year assessment to diagnose areas of concern

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