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Durham Public Schools and NC Write: A District-Wide Literacy Initiative Durham Public Schools has partnered with Measurement Incorporated’s NC Write program to launch a district-wide literacy initiative. With an emphasis on Six Traits of Writing and Understanding by Design, district literacy specialists create digital interdisciplinary performance assessments to measure Common Core ELA standards and empower students to be college/career-ready. Presenters: Trish Martin, Rhonda Kaye & Heidi Elmoustakim-Measurement Inc- Durham, NC
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NC Write & Durham Public Schools: A District-Wide Literacy Initiative
Trish Martin, Ed.D.
DPS Comprehensive Literacy Framework
The goal of all literacy
instructionThe 5 Pillars of
Literacy
The 5 Strands of the Common Core
Literacy Anchor Standards
Curricular Areas that provide
literacy development
opportunities for college and career
readiness.
Learners Communicating Effectively through Writing
Incorporating Writing with:• 21st Century Learning• Reading Informational Texts• Speaking and Listening• Language• Reading Literature
Within College & Career Ready
Curricular Areas including:• Science• Social Studies• Healthful Living• Mathematics• Arts Education• World Languages• Career & Tech Education• Literature
Action Steps
Learners Communicating
Effectively through Writing
Writing in Every Classroom Everyday
Support for Content Area
Teachers assigning and scoring writing
Writing for Learning
Training for All Teachers
PreK - 12
Six Traits Writing for
Grades 3 - 12
Differentiated Support for
Student Writing Improvement
District-Wide Integrated
Performance Tasks
• Online Practice Writing Tool for Students in Grades 2 - 12
• Argumentative, Informative/Explanatory, & Narrative Writing
• Instant holistic and trait scores using award-winning automated scoring technologies
• Immediate suggestions for grammar, spelling, and writing trait improvement
• Teacher/student feedback via electronic “sticky note” suggestions, instant messaging, and digital peer review
• Student writing portfolios and reports for progress monitoring
• Interactive student writing tutorials
Ready-Made & Custom Writing Prompts
Pre-packaged and teacher-created writing prompts with reading passages, images, and research links to support claims and ideas.
Advanced Graphic OrganizersDigital graphic organizers to help students plan and develop different types of writing.
Holistic AND Trait Scoring
Powered by PEG™, the nation’s leading automated essay-scoring
technology
First place in the Hewlitt Foundation ASAP X-Prize Competition
Creating and Submitting an Essay
Enter text directly or copy/paste from Word
Specific suggestions for improvement on each of the six traits of writing
Descriptive Feedback & Suggestions
Grammar and spelling feedback within the essay
Create and submit multiple drafts of an essay for revision
and editing
Multiple Drafts for Revision & Editing
Interactive Writing Lessons
Students receive links to suggested writing trait lessons and grammar exercises based on their individual writing needs
Peer Review Process
Student Writing Portfolio
Easily access all essay drafts and
view score averages
Access messages sent by the instructor
View instructor scores for content
accuracy and textual evidence
Teacher Scoring Tool
In the student score report, teachers can select the number of stars that correspond with the appropriate score point and add feedback in the comment box.
Teachers can score student essays for Textual Evidence (Standard 8 and 9) & Content Accuracy (Standards 1,2,8,& 9) using 0-3 scoring rubrics provided.
Students can view the score and feedback through their writing portfolio.
Contact UsMeasurement IncorporatedSoftware Products Division423 Morris StreetDurham, NC 27701919-683-2413
Trish [email protected]. 2100
Elizabeth [email protected].
