Literacy Assessment Toolkit · Writing
Writing Assessment Analyzer
Enter evidence from the student's writing, spelling, engagement, and your observations. The analyzer will look across the evidence and help you identify strengths, patterns, and reasonable instructional priorities.
No student data are sent anywhere. This tool runs in the browser. Use a pseudonym, initials, or case label—not a child's full name.
Use only the assessments you administered. Blank sections are ignored and are not treated as deficits. The goal is not to reduce writing to a score. Look across the writing product, spelling/orthographic knowledge, engagement, and what you observed while the student wrote to identify patterns and make a reasonable instructional decision.
Composition · Islander Informal Writing Inventory
Writing traits + observationsChoose the level that best represents the descriptors you circled on the scoring guide. If the evidence spans levels, choose “Mixed / not sure” and explain it in your notes.
Observations During Writing
Spelling / Orthographic Knowledge · Words Their Way
Optional · feature scores + estimated stageSelect an inventory.
Use the feature guide supplied with the assessment. The estimated stage is a working summary of the feature pattern—not a substitute for examining the student's actual spellings.
Writing Engagement Scale (WES)
16 items · affective, behavioral, cognitive, socialEnter the student's 1–5 response for each item from the WES. Item 2 is reverse-scored automatically. Items 1–4 = affective, 5–8 = behavioral, 9–12 = cognitive, and 13–16 = social. Use the assessment document for the full item wording.
Enter WES item responses to calculate subscale averages.
Writing Sample Evidence
Optional details that help interpret the scoresWriting Profile
Assessment Summary
What the Writer Can Do
What Stands Out
Patterns Across Assessments
What to Teach Next
What to Assess / Watch Next
Evidence Used
Interpret cautiously. These results organize the evidence entered; they do not diagnose a disability, establish eligibility, or replace comprehensive assessment. Consider the task, genre, instruction, language, opportunity to learn, student choice, and other relevant learner characteristics.