Writing

Reading Rockets is a great sight for assisting teachers with assessing writing.  The site offers several different assessments for both teachers and students.  The student self-edit checklist is a great tool that students can use to evaluate their writing.  The site talks about the 6 + 1 trait writing and helps teachers design customizable rubrics.  The assessment can be used as a formal or informal assessment.  The site also helps develop your students through their self-discovery.

•    Formal Assessment

•    Used in all grade levels

•    This assessment how well a student can write. 

•    Estimated Completion Time: varies per age range, approximately 100 minutes

•    Paper and pencil

•    Administered by teacher to the whole class, to be completed individually

The writers assessment Assessing Writing by Steve Peha is a great source that helps teachers understand how to evaluate and teach the writing process.  The assessment offers an instructional section that is instructions that make sense.  There is a check the block assessment page that is user-friendly for a teacher.  The assessment measures anything from the writing process to word choice.  This can be broken down based on the needs of the teacher and the step that the student is in during the writing process.  
•    Can be a formal and informal assessment
•    Used in all grade levels from 1st grade
•    Assesses how well students can write and the stages of writing
•    Estimated Completion Time: varies per age range, approximately 100 minutes
•    Paper and pencil
•    Administered by teacher to the whole class, to be completed individually

                                                                                                          References                  

Peha, S. (2014). More Free Stuff. Retrieved from Teaching That Makes Sense: http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/09%20Writing%20Assessment%20v001%20(Full).pdf

Rockets, R. (2010). Writing Assessments. Retrieved from Reading Rockets : http://www.readingrockets.org/article/writing-assessment