eWrite is an online assessment that allows teachers to accurately and efficiently measure students’ writing abilities, to diagnose gaps, strengths and weaknesses in student learning, and monitor student progress over time.
The following topics are covered in this article:
The following articles provide more detailed information about using eWrite effectively:
- When to test with eWrite
- Choosing the right eWrite tasks
- Administering eWrite tests
- Using results from eWrite
About eWrite
eWrite provides students from years 4 to 10 with eight appropriate and engaging writing prompts across the narrative, report, descriptive, and persuasive genres. Students' writing is automatically scored against the established rubric and detailed reporting provides immediate diagnostic feedback on individuals and groups.
Topics are designed to be age-appropriate and engaging, allowing students maximum choice to develop their own creative and original responses.
eWrite uses advanced analysis techniques that provide instant scoring, and quickly produces detailed reports that pinpoint individual students' writing strengths and weaknesses.
Students' writing is automatically scored against the established rubric and detailed online reporting provides immediate diagnostic feedback on individuals and groups against the following criteria:
- Orientation and engagement
- Register
- Text structure
- Ideas
- Vocabulary
- Paragraphing
- Sentences
- Sentence punctuation
- Punctuation within sentences
- Spelling
Overall student performance is reported on the eWrite scale. The use of a common achievement scale allows results to be compared between students and across all eWrite writing tasks.
eWrite should be considered as one tool among many that teachers can use to assess and support students to improve their writing. Humans remain uniquely qualified to interpret and assess writing. eWrite brings efficiency and objectivity to the essay-scoring process. The use of automated scoring to supplement and assist teachers’ own judgements about students’ writing abilities reduces teacher workload and saves time in the collection, analysis and use of data to inform teaching and learning.