WrAP Scoring and Reporting

WrAP Scoring and Reporting

Each student’s essay is scored with respect to six different elements on a scale of one (low) to six (high). The six elements are:

• OVERALL DEVELOPMENT—how well the writer communicates with the reader, shows awareness of the audience, task, and purpose for writing, and writes in the appropriate mode of discourse.
• ORGANIZATION—the writer’s ability to develop a logical plan of organization, maintain coherence throughout the paper, and create paragraphs.
• SUPPORT—the use of appropriate reasons, details, and examples to enhance the effect and/or support the generalizations and conclusions of the piece.
• SENTENCE STRUCTURE—completeness, correct usage, and variety or sophistication of sentences.
• WORD CHOICE—specific vocabulary, as well as freshness and vividness of language.
• MECHANICS—the correct and effective use of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

Monitoring student progress

• Raw scores are used to develop student profiles and make comparisons among students and grades within a program level.
• A continuous scale score was developed for the total raw scale to help make comparisons across levels and to monitor student progress in writing across the grades.
• The scale extends from 176 to 1548. This scale is helpful for setting grade-level performance standards.

Normative scores
 

ERB’s WrAP also produces comparative, normative information. Suburban, independent, and international school stanines and percentiles are provided for each student and class through each of the five levels of the program, based on student performance within each grade. This information can be used to make informed decisions about which areas of the writing program may need further development, as well as how students need to improve their writing skills.

Report of Individual Student Results
• Class reports list each student either alphabetically by name, or rank-ordered by their total raw and scale scores.
• Norm-referenced scores (suburban and/or independent percentile ranks and accompanying stanines) are provided on the class-level report.