8th Grade Writing Assessments - Ware County School System

Eighth Grade Writing
General Procedures
Grades 6 – 8
Students should have at least 2 or 3 experiences with each type of writing prior to the benchmark assessment.
1. Students will receive the matching rubric when assessment is introduced.
2. Students are to work independently without student/teacher assistance.
3. All parts of the assessment will be given in school.
4. Scores may be used for marking period average.
5. Examples included in the assessments are for teachers’ use only. Do not use these with the students.
6. Students may use writing tools for independent revising/ editing. (dictionary, thesaurus, etc.)
7. Samples should be hand-written unless an IEP indicates otherwise.
8. All student work samples should be placed in a personal folder.
9. Grade level teams should meet to assess strengths and weaknesses of assessment results.
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