All tasks, events, and modules contained in this packet have directions for administration as well as directions for any needed pre-assessment activities. These are fairly straight forward and easy to follow. Teachers will need to make sure they have all of the necessary materials and resources to administer the task or event. These items are specified on the sheet following the activity s title page. Anchor papers are strong examples of student responses which represent each score point as described by the scoring guide.
Anchors help define the score points and clarify the scoring guide.
They are selected from actual student responses to the question or prompt. The papers are used to calibrate raters with the scoring guide. It should not be an outstanding response, nor a marginal one. It will force teachers to take a critical look at what it is they expect of their students. The anchor selection processes are described on the following pages.