WRITING ASSESSMENTS
For grades 3-12
Do you ever wonder how your child’s writing skills add up? FACE is happy to offer writing assessments to students in grades 3-12. The students will submit a writing sample to be scored by 2-3 evaluators, based on state standards. The results are strictly for your own informational purposes but may be used for your state’s writing assessment requirements.
State Standards for Writing Proficiency
Advanced - Performance Level 4
A student scoring at the Advanced Level consistently illustrates exceptionally strong academic performance. Students who score in this level demonstrate the ability to identify and apply good written communications by writing an exceptionally clear, focused, and interesting piece, using precise and varied words, engaging the audience and communicating a strong sense of purpose, and making few errors in conventions.
Proficient - Performance Level 3
A student scoring at the Proficient Level demonstrates a solid academic performance on subject matter as reflected by the Colorado Model Content Standards for writing. Students who perform at this level are able to identify elements of good communication and demonstrate consistent awareness of writing conventions. They can organize appropriately, use a voice appropriate to the audience and purpose, make functional and effective word choice, and use correct conventions, such as proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage.
Partially Proficient - Performance Level 2
A student scoring at the Partially Proficient Level demonstrates partial understanding of the knowledge and application of the skills that are fundamental for proficient work. Students who perform at this level show the ability to use some of the basic elements of written communication by demonstrating limited awareness of writing purpose or engagement of the audience, attempting to organize ideas, using basic, appropriate vocabulary, and utilizing standard English grammar with limited accuracy. Some gaps in knowledge and skills are evident and may require additional instruction and remediation in order to achieve a proficient level of understanding.
Unsatisfactory - Performance Level 1
A student scoring at the Unsatisfactory Level may have significant gaps and limited knowledge and skills that are necessary to satisfactorily meet the state's writing standard. Students will usually require a considerable amount of additional instruction and remediation in order to achieve proficiency in writing skills relative to the Colorado Model Content Standards.
