Show:
Questions
Responses
Print
Limits
Test Design
Revising and Editing Portion
Modes of Writing
100
The time limit for completing the test.
What is 4 hours?
100
Students will write to two different modes of writing.
What is narrative and expository?
100
The reason the revising and editing portions of the multiple choice are given separately.
What is so students can focus on one set of skills at a time?
100
This task causes students to clearly explain what they think about something.
What is expository?
200
Students have this amount of space for writing.
What is one page with 26 lines?
200
Students will complete the multiple choice and prompts in this way over two days.
What is one prompt and half of the multiple choice each day?
200
This is focused on capitalization, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence boundary.
What is editing?
200
This type of writing must be realistic in nature.
What is narrative?
300
The amount of space for planning the written composition.
What is 2 blank pages?
300
Students complete the test in this order.
What is any order that they would like to?
300
This is focused on effectiveness, improving various aspects of a piece of writing such a the introduction, conclusion, and organization.
What is revision?
300
This type of prompt provides a stimulus and are scaffolded.
What is narrative?
400
When the STAAR writing test will be given in 2013.
What is April 2 and April 3?
400
The weight of the essays when scored.
What is equally?
400
32% of the multiple choice consists of these types of questions.
What is revision?
400
Prompt focuses on issue or questions that don't require background knowledge or facts to the table.
What is expository?
500
When a student squeezes in more than 26 lines this happens.
What is only 26 lines are scored?
500
Out of the 12 readiness standards, 5 of the standards are assessed in this part of the test.
What is the composition part of the test?
500
22 of the supporting standards assessed on STAAR are from this category.
What is Editing?
500
This type of writing allows students to use first person in their writing.
What is narrative and expository?