Written Performance Assessment

FELE Written Performance Assessment (Subtests 3 and 4)

Overview

The written performance assessment (WPA) of FELE Subtest 3 and 4 and is intended to measure prospective educational leaders' and administrators' ability to analyze data and demonstrate leadership development skills as well as the efficacy of their written communication. Specifically, examinees will be asked to respond to prompts related to cultivating emerging school leaders and utilizing communication to promote stakeholder collaboration as it applies to a given school type (i.e., elementary school, high school).

Rubric and Scoring

The FELE Rubric is a guide for scoring. This rubric identifies performance features to be judged, including the criteria for evaluating those features, and describes how performance varies across the scoring scale. Written responses are scored using a 4-point rubric (4 is the highest possible score point, 1 the lowest). This rubric applies to all responses for the WPA on Subtest 3 and 4 of the FELE.

For scoring purposes, anchor papers are provided to FELE raters to assist with the rating process. Anchor papers have been determined by FELE subject matter experts to solidly represent each score point on the rubric.

The WPA written responses are evaluated for content accuracy, data trend analysis, organization, appropriate audience level, and grammar. Three elements (rubric, prompts, and the supplemental rating criteria for the prompts) are used by two separate FELE raters to independently score responses. If the raters' scores differ by more than one point, a FELE Chief Rater resolves the discrepancy.

Sample Written Performance Assessments

The FELE Test Information Guide on the FTCE/FELE testing contractor's website  includes sample written performance assignments for Subtest 3 and 4. Each sample written performance assignment serves as a representation of the type of assignment examinees may encounter in the written performance assessment section on Subtest 3 and 4 of the FELE. The sample written performance assignments will NOT appear on any of the FELE test forms.

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