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Download full textVermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1994
The writing samples presented in this paper were selected from the portfolios of fourth-grade Vermont students as examples of the various points in Vermont's newly revised analytic writing assessment guide. The benchmark writing pieces in the paper, when used with the analytic assessment guide that begins the paper, are guideposts for assessing…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Portfolio Assessment
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1994
The writing samples presented in this paper were selected from the portfolios of eighth-grade Vermont students as examples of the various points in Vermont's newly revised analytic writing assessment guide. The benchmark writing pieces in the paper, when used with the analytic assessment guide that begins the paper, are guideposts for assessing…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Portfolio Assessment
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1992
A study examined the background, methods, and results of the pilot year of Vermont's Writing Assessment program. Students and teachers from 46 Vermont schools were invited to participate in the 1990-91 pilot year of portfolio assessment. Students in grades 4 and 8 chose samples of their best writing from the school year. Each portfolio was…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Bunce-Crim, Marna – Instructor, 1992
Presents workable strategies for observing, tracking, and reporting student progress in the elementary writing classroom. The article offers tips and techniques for ongoing evaluation (observing writers as they write, conferencing, and student self-evaluation). It also includes a teacher-guided tour of a real Vermont student's writing portfolio.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conferences, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Daniels, Patricia A. – 1995
A case study examined how one elementary school teacher negotiated her response to VAP (Vermont Assessment Program), Vermont's requirement for a portfolio assessment. Two questions guided the study: (1) how does one fifth-grade teacher use portfolios in classroom writing assessment and instruction? and (2) to what extent do portfolios, as mandated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Grade 5
