WRITING ROADMAP 2.0

VAUGHN RHUDY, COORDINATOR

West Virginia Department of Education

Office of Assessment and Accountability

Provided by WVDE at no cost to counties

Available to all students Grades 3 – 12

Available to all counties, schools, teachers (Aug. 15)

Unlimited practice Sept. – June

Writing Roadmap 2.0

RationaleImprove student writingEmphasize writing on all grade levels

Writing Assessment -- grades 4, 7 and 10

Prepare for 2009 WESTEST 2 Grades 3 – 11RLA Standard 2 : Writing

Practice for national assessments2011 NAEPACT/SAT Writing

Product Improvements

Additional prompts – shelf66 calibrated prompts10 practice prompts

Instructor-created promptsUnlimited number

SecurityMozilla FirefoxInternet Explorer(Microsoft)

Product Improvements

Customize interfaceIterative writing mode Single or multiple sectionsEnable or disable instructional hints

thesaurus, spell check, grammar tree, tutor functions

508 complianceVisually impaired

Text-to-speech capability

Product Improvements

Flagging of essaysRequires teacher review before scoring

Scoring algorithmImprovement in scoring validity

4, 5 and 6 point rubric scaleHome Report

Rubric Comparison

West Virginia Rubric

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT SENTENCE

STRUCTURE WORD

CHOICE/GRAMMAR USAGE

MECHANICS

Writing Roadmap Rubric

ORGANIZATION IDEAS & CONTENT CONVENTIONS

WORD CHOICE VOICE

CONVENTIONS

GenresWest Virginia

NARRATIVEDESCRIPTIVEINFORMATIVE

PERSUASIVE

Writing Roadmap

NARRATIVEDESCRIPTIVEEXPOSITORY/

INFORMATIVEPERSUASIVE

Guided Demonstration

Writing Roadmap 2.0: http://www.ctb.com/mktg/roadmap/overview.jsp

PRODUCT TOUR:Student Trainer DemoTeacher Trainer Demo

Access to Writing Roadmap 2.0

Website address: www.writingroadmap2.com

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Support/Contact Information

West Virginia Department of Education

Office of Assessment and Accountability

Vaughn Rhudy, Coordinator

vrhudy@access.k12.wv.us

304-558-2546

Support/Contact Information

CTB/McGraw-Hill

Technical Support: 866-282-2250

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http://wvde.state.wv.us/West Virginia Department of Education

http://oaa.k12.wv.us Office of Assessment and Accountability

http://www.ctb.com CTB/McGraw-Hill

http://www.writingroadmap2.com Writing Roadmap 2.0

http://www.ctb.com/mktg/roadmap/overview.jsp Writing Roadmap 2.0 Product Tour

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