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2. Schaffer method - Wikipedia

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   The Jane Schaffer method is a formula for essay writing that is taught in some U.S. middle schools and high schools.Developed by a San Diego teacher named Jane Schaffer, who started offering training and a 45-day curriculum in 1995, it is intended to help students who struggle with structuring essays by providing a framework.

3. AP English Language and Composition - Wikipedia

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   Each essay is assigned a score from 0–6, 6 being high. The student's thesis may earn one point, their argument and evidence may earn up to four points, and an extra point may be earned for holistic complexity and sophistication of the argument or of the essay as a whole. The FRQ scoring was changed in 2019 from a 9 point holistic scale.

4. Holistic grading - Wikipedia

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   Raters were high-school teachers, who brought the rating system back to their schools. [45] One teacher was Albert Lavin, who installed similar holistic scoring at Sir Francis Drake High School in Marin County, California, 1966–1972, at grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in order to show progress in school writing over those years. [ 46 ]

5. Writing assessment - Wikipedia

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   A rubric is a tool used in writing assessment that can be used in several writing contexts. A rubric consists of a set of criteria or descriptions that guides a rater to score or grade a writer. The origins of rubrics can be traced to early attempts in education to standardize and scale writing in the early 20th century. Ernest C Noyes argues ...

6. Four square writing method - Wikipedia

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   A study at Springview Elementary School, in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan, noted, "significant growth was observed in the students' writings in both classes." [ 4 ] Another study, carried out at American Senior High School in Miami-Dade County , Florida with older students, showed an increase in FCAT scores, though not as marked as the ...

7. Standards-based assessment - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of standards-based assessment [5] is to connect evidence of learning to learning outcomes (the standards). When standards are explicit and clear, the learner becomes aware of their achievement with reference to the standards, and the teacher may use assessment data to give meaningful feedback to students about this progress.

8. Rubric (academic) - Wikipedia

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   Holistic rubrics provide an overall rating for a piece of work, considering all aspects. Analytic rubrics evaluate various dimensions or components separately. Developmental rubrics, a subset of analytical rubrics, facilitate assessment, instructional design, and transformative learning through multiple dimensions of developmental successions.

9. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.