lovesbooks

Posted on 10/06/09

It sounds to me like you'll need to use the same state rubric
to pre-assess the 15 who fell short of passing. Since I'm not
familiar with your state's writing test, do you receive a copy
of the students' papers? If so, that could be your baseline
for driving instruction. If not, you'll need to have students
write to a prompt, similar to that given by the state and go
from there.

You mention the different forms of writing. In my state
(Florida), students are given one of two types of writing
prompts in 8th grade--expository or persuasive. [Our kids are
tested in writing at grades 4, 8, and 10.] After the test, we
receive the students' papers on CD, so that's where I'm coming
from, when I mention using the 'failed writing test' as a
baseline. (or starting point)
I hope this makes sense.
Keep us posted on your progress.
lovesbooks in Florida

On 9/17/09, Confused w/ RTI wrote:
> Our team of 7th grade teachers is responsible for targeting
> a group of about 15 students who performed poorly on the
> written portion of ISATs (Illinois Standards Achievement
> Test).
>
> We need to come up with a way to pre-assess them, create an
> intervention, and track progress. We're confused because
> there are so many different forms of writing. We decided to
> focus on writing a paragraph that contains a topic
> sentence, details and a closing sentence---something that
> sounds easy, but a lot of kids aren't doing this!
>
> Can anyone offer a way that we can track progress? Or offer
> any other suggestions if you don't think the basic
> paragraph is the way to go. Thanks!!

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