A tool to help you examine students' open-ended responses

1. Looking at Written Responses
Correct Answer,
inadequate development
Incorrect
Answer
Answer does
not relate to
the question
Answer
lacks
support
Teach active
reading
strategies
Teach
QuestionAnswerRelationships
Teach students
how to make
inferences
Sort
general
versus
specific
details
Work
on
writing
style—using
transitions,
topic
sentences,
conclusions
Provide
response
frames
to
cue
students
to
add
support
Use discussion groups
and student-generated
questions to build
confidence with talking
about text
Answer
uses
only
general
support
Teach
scanning
strategies
to
locate
details
Answer shows
misinterpretation
of text
Teach question
attack
strategies
Correct Answer,
good development
Experiment
with
alternate
forms
of
response
Rewrite to
perfection
E.
Kissner
2011