Team Members Lindsay Baxter, Betty Massenberg, Caroline Smith,  and Colleen Stoneham

Key Concepts

I.     When do we use extended written response assessment? to access chunks of knowledge that interrelate
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II.    How do we use extended written response assessment? use words like describe and explain

III.   How do we create an extended written response assessment? follow the following stages:
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Stage 1:  create a plan
Stage 2: devise exercises
Stage 3: critique the assessment
Stages 4 and 5: revise as needed and ask yourself…
Where am I going?
How will I know?
How can I close the gap?

IV.     Summary: extended written response assessments are excellent for assessing extended bodies of knowledge!
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Food for Thought

1.  There are several contextual conditions to consider:

* students need to be proficient in writing English to write extended written responses and therefore this assessment
may not work well for primary students, English language learners, and students with other special needs.

* extended written response is time consuming to score well

* extended written response exercises require consistency in scoring

* extended written response is good in assessment for learning