1. What does rigor look like on the new SOL Test?
Writing
What does rigor
look like on the new SOL Test?

2. Grade 5 Blueprint Summary
Reporting Category
MC/TEI +
Short Paper
Multiple-Choice/Technology Enhanced Component
Number of Items
Short Paper Component
Number of Possible Score Points
Research, Plan,
Compose, and Revise 23 7
(was 6)
Compose/Written Expression 16
Edit for Language, Capitalization, Punctuation,
Spelling 15
(was 14)
Usage/Mechanics 8
Number of Operational Items 46 22 24
Field Test Items : 12
2012 Cut Score = 28 out of 44 items ( 20 MC + 24 SP)
2013 Cut Score = ? out of 46 items (22 MC & TEI + 2 SP)
What’s new? Where will the challenges be?
Why focus on writing?
Short Paper Emphasis is put on elaboration, unity, central idea, organization, tone, and voice

3. Grade 5 Blueprint Summary
Reporting Category
Grade 2 Writing SOL
Grade 3 Writing SOL
Grade 4 Writing SOL
Grade 5 Writing SOL
Research, Plan,
Compose, and Revise
2.12 a-d
2.14
3.9 a-g
3.10 b
3.11 a-d
3.12
4.7 a-k
4.9 a-e
5.7 a-I
5.9 a-g
Edit for Language, Capitalization, Punctuation,
Spelling
2.13 a-j
3.10 a, c-j
4.8 a-h
5.8 a-k
MC/TEI
not tested
2.11
3.8
Short Paper
SOL
Subsumed
Kindergarten and Grade 1 Writing SOL
How can you use this chart with teachers?
What do schools need to do?

4. Multiple Choice and Technology Enhanced Items

5.
In sentence 34, visit the Statue of Liberty the Empire State Building , and the Chrysler Building, should be written –
F visit , the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building
G visit the Statue of Liberty the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building
H visit, the Statue of Liberty the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building
I visit the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building

6. Multiple Choice and Technology Enhanced Items Analysis

18. M C and TIE Resources VDOE MCPS
With a partner, identify two resources you think are helpful .
Explain how you could engage teachers with these resources.
With a partner, identify two resources you think are helpful .
Explain how you could engage teachers with these resources.

19. Short Paper

20. Narrative and/or Expository
Short paper
Narrative and/or Expository

21. Practice Writing Tool
Typing tools
Current line location
Progress bar

22. SOL Two-Domain Writing Rubric
Composing/Written Expression
Audience/purpose
Central Idea
Effective conclusions
Counter arguments
Elaboration
Unity
Organization
Deliberate Word Choice
Selected, Precise Information
Sentence Variety
Tone
Voice
Usage & Mechanics
• Sentence Formation
• Usage
--Standard Inflections
--Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
--Agreement
• Mechanics
--Capitalization
--Spelling
--Punctuation
--Formatting

23. Application of the Scoring Rubric
Scorers
Look as much at what the writer does well as at what she/he does poorly.
Give consideration to all features within the domain.
Do not contaminate the scoring of own domain by awareness of either accomplishments or errors belonging to another domain.
Do not create double jeopardy, e.g., a run-on sentence in Usage-Mechanics is not also a sentence error in Written Expression. “Brite” is one misspelling no matter how often the word appears.

24. Application of the Scoring Rubric
Scorers
Note that a word that seems to have been omitted due to haste in revising, editing, or copying need not demonstrate a total lack of control over that feature.
Do not score a paper on only length. Length, in and of itself, is not a feature of any domain.
Read the entire paper before assigning any scores.

25. State Scoring of SOL Short Papers
All student papers are read by two readers; their scores are added together
Composing/Written Expression score counts twice = 2/3
Usage/Mechanics score counts once = 1/3
If judges scores are more than 1 point apart, papers are read by a third judge

26. Short Paper
VDOE
MCPS
With a partner, identify two resources you think are helpful .
Explain how you could engage teachers with these resources.
With a partner, identify two resources you think are helpful .
Explain how you could engage teachers with these resources.