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Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing a short story for a variety of academic and technical purposes,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Middle Schools
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
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Moening, Amy A.; Bhavnagri, Navaz Peshotan – Early Education and Development, 1996
Examined the effectiveness of the showcase portfolio process as an instructional strategy to enhance the quality and quantity of students' writing and to motivate them to participate in the writing process. Findings supported claims that portfolios are not only an authentic evaluative procedure, but an equally powerful motivational approach and an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolio Assessment
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing for a variety of academic and technical purposes, situations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Editorials, Essays
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Romeo, Lynn – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
This article presents a comprehensive model of daily, classroom informal writing assessment that is constantly linked to instruction and the characteristics of proficient writers. Methods for promoting teacher, student, and parent collaboration and their roles in dialoguing, conferencing, and reflection are discussed. Strategies for including…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Self Efficacy, Informal Assessment
Tchudi, Stephen, Ed. – 1997
The result of an investigation into the grading writing by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Alternatives to Grading Student Writing, this collection of essays offers the writing teacher several innovative and interesting options. Following an introduction by the editor (chair of the Committee), in which he delineates the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing short stories and letters for a variety of academic and technical…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Academic Standards, Class Activities, Intermediate Grades
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing and speaking for a variety of academic and technical purposes. It…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Academic Standards, Class Activities, Communication Skills
Almasi, Janice F., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This Yearbook begins with a foreword by Janice F. Almasi that outlines some of the steps that the state of Maryland is taking as a leader in literacy education and literacy assessment, and the eight articles in this edition reflect many of these steps. The articles are: "Three Dialogues about Reading Engagement" (John T. Guthrie);…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Performance Based Assessment
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Barry, Arlene L.; Nielsen, Diane C.; Glasnapp, Douglas R.; Poggio, John P.; Sundbye, Nita – Contemporary Education, 1997
Analyzed statewide elementary and secondary school data from the Kansas Writing Assessment to examine the effects on student writing performance of student choice of topic and teacher choice (related to extent of engagement and amount of time allowed for writing processes). Results find the effect of choice is negligible, though it promotes good…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education