Marketing Materials

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Harcourt Assessment and Bookette Software
presents SkillWriter
SkillWriter is an Internet-based tool that
supports students as they practice and learn to
write effectively.
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SkillWriter

• Available content
• 16 prompts for grades 5 through 12
• Essay modes
• 4 Narrative prompts
• 4 Descriptive prompts
• 4 Informative Prompts
• 4 Persuasive Prompts

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SkillWriter

• Automatic Scoring
• Computer scored
• 4 point rubrics available
• Overall Holistic score
• Six Trait analytic scores
• 95 accuracy within one point

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SkillWriter

• Instructional Tools
• Essay Organization
• Tutor
• Hint
• Grammar Tree
• Spell Checker
• Thesaurus

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SkillWriter

• Reporting System
• Rubric report
• List report
• Gain report
• Point descriptor report
• Graphical reports with data mining
• District, school, group and student reports

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SkillWriter

• Teacher Access
• View student essays
• View scoring rubrics
• Instructional vs. testing mode
• Override holistic score
• Add teacher comments
• Reassign essays as needed
• Generate reports

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SkillWriter

• Minimum Hardware Requirements
• Windows PC
• Pentium II or higher
• Windows 98 or higher
• 64 MB or higher
• Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
• Macintosh
• 180 MHz Power PC (7300 series or later)
• OS 8.6 or higher
• 64 MB or higher
• Internet Explorer 5.1.7 or higher