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Describes the three writing purposes—narrative, opinion/argumentative, and informational/explanatory—plus how students are assigned one WER aligned to a purpose. Covers scoring using a rubric with three traits, including conventions, and clarifies what “No Score” means through categories such as insufficient, nonscorable language, off-topic, off-purpose, and field test essay.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":20,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/understanding-the-smarter-balanced-writing-extended-response-question/498980/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/understanding-the-smarter-balanced-writing-extended-response-question/498980.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Connor ","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-01","2026-10-03",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":52},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What does a performance task measure in Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Performance tasks measure a student’s ability to apply knowledge and skills to complex, real-world problems, often requiring one to two test sessions.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How is the WER question structured?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The WER question is the full-write/essay response where students read multiple sources and respond to a prompt with one extended written response.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What does “No Score” in a rubric trait indicate?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It indicates an issue such as insufficient response, nonscorable language (not written in English), off-topic, off-purpose, or that the essay comes from a field test question.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},498980,1791736592,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":52,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":24,"preview_page_count":4},687207022233,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","Understanding the Smarter Balanced Writing Extended Response Question  \nThe purpose of this document is to increase understanding of the Writing Extended Response (WER) question in the performance task for the Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) .  \nWhat Is a Performance Task?  \nPerformance tasks measure a student’s ability to demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving by challenging them to apply their knowledge and skills to complex, real-world problems. The performance tasks are not computer-adaptive and may take students one to two test sessions to complete.  \nWhat Is the WER Question?  \nThe performance task portion of the Smarter Balanced Assessment for ELA contains two questions. The first is a multiple-choice or short-answer question assessing a student’s research skills. The second is the WER question, also referred to as the full-write or essay question. The WER requires students to read multiple sources and respond to a prompt with one extended written response.  \nEach student is randomly assigned one WER question aligned with one of the following writing purposes:  \n• Narrative for grades three through eight: The writing contains a story with plot, setting, and characters.  \n• Opinion/Argumentative for all grade levels: The writing presents a central opinion or claim and supports the opinion or claim with evidence.  \n• Informational/Explanatory for all grade levels: The writing contains a main and controlling idea or thesis which is explained and elaborated upon.  \nWhere Can I Find Sample WER Questions and Responses?  \nSample WER questions with student responses and scoring annotations can be found on the Smarter Annotated Response Tool website. Sample tests with sample WER questions can be found on the CAASPP & ELPAC Practice and Training Tests web page.  \nHow Is the WER Scored?  \nEach essay is scored using a scoring rubric with three traits. Traits are different dimensions of a student response that educators evaluate when scoring an essay. For example, an educator will assess grammar and spelling as part of the Conventions trait (worth a maximum of two points) but not take grammar or spelling into account when assessing the other traits (worth a maximum of four points each) . This approach ensures that scorers provide a comprehensive evaluation of student writing.  \nThe scoring rubrics used for each writing purpose can be found on the Smarter Content Explorer Test Development & Design web page.  \nMy Student Received a ‘No Score’ in a Rubric Trait. What Does That Mean?  \nIf a student receives a “No Score” in a rubric trait, it will be indicated with one of the following reasons:  \n• Insufficient: An insufficient response is one in which the essay rater cannot evaluate the student’s writing performance because the writing is too brief or may consist of the following:  \n– Random keystrokes or undecipherable text  \n– “I don’t know”, “IDK”, or “I like pizza!” (in response to a reading passage about helicopters)  \n– Primarily text copied from the prompt and/or sources  \n• Nonscorable Language: To assess a student’s English language writing performance, written response items must be written in English to be scored.  \n• Off-Topic: An off-topic response is unrelated to the task or sources, or it shows no evidence that the student has read the task or the sources.  \n• Off-Purpose: An off-purpose response is clearly not written to the purpose  \n(e.g., Narrative, Opinion, etc.) designated in the task. Off-purpose responses address the topic of the task but not the purpose of the task.  \n• Field Test Essay: Before a question can be added to the test, it must first be field tested to confirm that it is a valid question. Field test questions help improve future tests and do not contribute to a student’s score.  \nCalifornia Department of Education • January 2025","cbCaiu1x3RwBJdQE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu1x3RwBJdQE","pdf",99521,"English","# Understanding the Smarter Balanced Writing Extended Response Question\n## What Is a Performance Task?\n## What Is the WER Question?\n## Where Can I Find Sample WER Questions and Responses?\n## How Is the WER Scored?\n## What Does a “No Score” in a Rubric Trait Mean?","[{\"question\":\"What does a performance task measure in Smarter Balanced ELA/Literacy?\",\"answer\":\"Performance tasks measure a student’s ability to apply knowledge and skills to complex, real-world problems, often requiring one to two test sessions.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the WER question structured?\",\"answer\":\"The WER question is the full-write/essay response where students read multiple sources and respond to a prompt with one extended written response.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “No Score” in a rubric trait indicate?\",\"answer\":\"It indicates an issue such as insufficient response, nonscorable language (not written in English), off-topic, off-purpose, or that the essay comes from a field test question.\"}]","Understanding the Smarter Balanced Writing Extended Response Question | PDF",1790991413]