Formative Assessment Checklist

Use this formative assessment checklist to monitor student understanding of both content and TWR strategies. Track trends, guide your next steps, and customize the tool to fit your instructional goals and students’ needs.

This tool helps you capture class-wide writing strengths and common areas of concern. Use the insights gathered to plan next steps and select relevant TWR strategies that support your instructional goals.

This checklist is designed to assess compositions developed from a Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO). While intended for teachers, it can also be shared with students to clarify expectations. Adjust the criteria to align with your pacing and the strategies you’ve explicitly taught.

This document provides a sample of how you might pace TWR strategies across the school year for grades 9–12. It is not prescriptive, but rather one example to support your instructional planning. Teachers can use the Yearly Pacing Guide Template to create their own customized version. We recommend referencing this sample alongside your beginning-of-year assessments […]

This document provides a sequenced approach for introducing and practicing TWR strategies in grades 6-8. Each guide is intended as a flexible framework and can be adjusted based on students’ needs. Teachers should use their professional judgment to make final decisions about the rollout of strategies in the classroom.

This document provides a sequenced approach for introducing and practicing TWR strategies in grades 3–5. Each guide is intended as a flexible framework and can be adjusted based on students’ needs. Teachers should use their professional judgment to make final decisions about the rollout of strategies in the classroom.

This document provides a sequenced approach for introducing and practicing TWR strategies in grades K–2. Each guide is intended as a flexible framework and can be adjusted based on students’ needs. Teachers should use their professional judgment to make final decisions about the rollout of strategies in the classroom.

Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 3-12. Educators can choose from 3 ready-made prompts, complete with Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) and publishing paper.

Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 1 and 2. Educators can choose from 3 ready-made prompts available in two formats: one with primary handwriting lines for early writers, and one without for more advanced students.