Workshop for adult educators looking at rubrics and realistic samples to prepare students for the constructed response on the GED Test, particularly the RLA Extended Response. Originally developed with Dr. Carmine Stewart for COABE 2016.

1. Bigger Better Writing:
Using Rubrics & Samples
to Improve Scores & Instruction
Meagen Farrell
Instructional Designer

4. By the end of this session, you will:
1. Identify scoring for adult education assessments
2. Grade samples using rubrics
3. Enhance instruction using feedback from rubrics
4. Leave with realistic samples and practical resources
for classroom use
Bigger Better Writing

5. “Amateurs sit and wait
for inspiration, the
rest of us just get up
and go to work.”
Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

6. GED® Test Scoring Guide
RLA
6-point
Extended
Response
45 minutes
Science
2 Short
Answers
~10 minutes

7. Still fuzzy?

8. Rubrics for Clarity

9. Why Rubrics? Mastery Learning
Prompt
Write
ScoreFeedback
Instruction

10. FREE Prompts & Writing Samples
GED Testing Service Constructed Response Tools

11. Score: View or Grade

12. Use Our FREE Scoring Guide!

13. Instruction: FREE Videos

14. Master Writing with Rubrics
Prompt
Write
ScoreFeedback
Instruction

15. Your Turn to
Read the Prompt!

16. Feedback: Language & Mechanics

17. Your Turn to Score!
●Read & note on your paper:
●Give overall grade
●Feedback for language & word
choice?
●What instructional activities
might help this student improve?
Discuss with your partner(s)

18. Informing Instruction
Engaging learners with fun, relevant activities

19. FeedbackFeedback Informs Instruction
Creation of Arguments
Use of Evidence
Development of Ideas
Organization
Language & Word Choice
Writing Conventions

20. “Almost all good
writing begins with
terrible first efforts.
You need to start
somewhere.”
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

21. THANK YOU!