WV Writes
Updates
Stacey Murrell and Sandy Foster
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Bridgeport, WV
April 26, 2012
State-level Usage
• As of April 20, 2012, 525,829
essays in WV Writes in the
2011-2012 school year!!
Last year• 491,916 essays in WV Writes in 20102011 school year.
CTE Pilot Usage
• Seven Technology Centers that Work
schools used WV Writes
• 197 CTE content-specific prompts
– Agriculture, Arts and Humanities, Business and Marketing,
Engineering and Technical, Health Science, Human Services, and
Cross Concentration
• 199 teacher accounts created at these
seven sites
• 11,728 student accounts at these seven
sites, grades 9-12
• 555 essays written (April 20, 2012)
Preliminary Findings
• Overall proficiency
• Concentration to concentration
comparisons
• Gender comparisons
• Progression or improvements
• Plagiarism
• Hand scoring
• Writing process to improve writing
Technology Centers that Work WV Writes
Proficiency Summary (555 Essays Submitted)
Holistic Score Averages Based on CTE Prompt
Concentration 2011-2012
6
5
4.8
4.3
4
3.9
3.6
4
3.7
3.4
3.8
3.2
2.9
3
3.2
2.9
2.6
2.3
2
4.3
2.3
2
1
0
Holistic average
Accounting
Auto mechanics
Agricultural mechanics
Business and marketing
Construction
Electrical
Floriculture
Game design
Graphic communication
Health occupations
Masonry
Office admin support
Pre-engineering
Prostart
Science of agriculture
Small engine
Welding
Proficiency Levels by Grade
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Distinguished* Above mastery
not students'
original work
Mastery
Partial mastery
Novice
9th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Proficiency Levels by Gender
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Distinguished* Above mastery
not students'
original work
Mastery
Partial mastery
Novice
female
male
Read
• Student opening paragraph• Most folks have gladly put their mowers away for another
season and the last thing they want to think about now is
servicing their mower. Perhaps you are one of the few that
took the time to service the mower after the last mowing of
the year my hat's off to you! However, I am guessing that
most listeners fall into a class of people that put their mower
away the last time they used it and they HOPE it will start
again next spring. Remember the old adage an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure? It applies to your lawn
mower as much as to your health and in just a few hours you
can ensure your lawn is getting off on the right foot next
season.
Hmmm…
http://www.anr.ext.vt.edu/lawnandgarden/turfandgardentips/tips/service_mowers_now.html
Addressing PlagiarismGroup Question
• Why did CTE students do this?
• How can we address plagiarism next
year?
• How can we monitor plagiarism
attempts?
Hand Scoring
Content teacher
hand scores for
accuracy
English teacher
verifies agreement
with engine scores
Monitor/Adjust Essay Scores
Remember and Share
• When WV Writes glitches, teachers
think it will happen with WESTEST 2
Online Writing.
– These are two separate scoring
processes.
– Reassure your teachers that
problems/glitches in WV Writes are just
in WV Writes.
2011-2012 Scoring Problems
• Repeated phrases
• Organize into paragraphs
• Spelling mistakes
Scoring Inaccuracy Patch
• Essay score jumps down
to 1 or 2 in organization
or development in a 4,
5, or 6 level essay.
• Patch will be released
this summer.
Giving WV Writes a Grade
• Please be informed that the Office of
Assessment and Accountability does
NOT recommend that the holistic
score students receive in WV Writes
be calculated into a percentage or
letter grade.
Writing Process Improves
Writing
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EDITING/REVISING/SCORING
Student
Peer
Content teacher
English teacher
Planning for 2012-2013
Concerns and Considerations
• Populating the CTE Schools
– 47 CTE schools with 226 teachers
and 48,000 students
– WV Writes “opens” around August 9
– CTE schools are organized under the
CTE District, no longer in the county
because we want to pull accurate
data on all CTE students collectively
Planning for 2012-2013
Concerns and Considerations
• Rostering
– Teacher users (only one pull for teachers)
and student users rostered in mid-July
– New teachers added by school admin, Tracy,
and me
– No one (except me) can create/add
students in WV Writes
– Bi-monthly student roster updates occur in
WV Writes- as long as your students are
correct in WVEIS, then we will get the
transfers/additions made in WV Writes
Planning for 2012-2013
Concerns and Considerations
• Should CTE adjust proficiency levels in
WV Writes?
Planning for 2012-2013
Concerns and Considerations
• Professional development
• Addressing spoofing
• Not just a “one-stop shop” learning
experience- writing gain report
• Aligning to Common Core career
readiness standards
Contact
• Stacey Murrell
• slmurrell@access.k12.wv.us
• Sandy Foster
• slfoster@access.k12.wv.us
• 304-558-2546