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Literacy Learning Progressions – Writing |
| Assessment Area |
English-Writing
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| Year level |
0-10 |
| NZ origin? |
Yes |
| Standardised? |
No . While the progressions in some places reflect the actual performance of students, in other places they are aspirational. |
| Administration to individual or group? |
Either , although designed to be used by teachers and students as a reference point about literacy expectations, rather than administered to students. |
| What does it assess? |
The learning progressions describe the writing knowledge and skills that students need to have developed at specific points in their schooling if they are to engage with the texts and tasks of the curriculum and make the expected progress. |
| Purpose |
To provide teachers with a professional tool that shows them what writing knowledge and skills their students need in order to meet the reading demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. |
| Validity |
As this is not a formal assessment tool, issues of validity are not applicable. |
| Reliability |
As this is not a formal assessment tool, issues of reliability are not applicable. |
| What measures does it give? |
Writing progressions are shown for the early years at school entry, after six months at school, then one, two and three years at school. For the later years, progressions show writing expectations by the end of year 4, year 6, year 8 and year 10. |
| How long does it take to administer? |
Not applicable |
| How much training is needed? |
Not applicable |
| Scoring and data analysis |
Not applicable |
| Does it provide 'what next' strategies? |
No |
| Is it available in te reo Maori? |
No |
| Cost? |
No cost, provided to all schools by the Ministry of Education in 2009. |
| Author, date of publication and publisher |
Published for the Ministry of Education 2007 by Learning Media Ltd. |
| Availability |
Copies of the Literacy Learning Progressions were delivered to all schools, and further copies may be ordered from Down the Back of the Chair. The Literacy Learning Progressions are available for download from the Literacy Learning Progressions website. |
| Further Information |
The literacy learning progressions make explicit the literacy expertise that students need in order to meet the demands of the curriculum. Teachers should use the progressions as a reference point when gathering information about their students’ literacy strengths and needs, using a variety of reliable formal and informal assessment tools and procedures, in order to plan effective literacy learning programmes. The progressions themselves are neither an assessment tool nor a teaching programme. |
