Part I. About the system -- Part II. The assessment tools -- Opinion writing -- Information writing -- Narrative writing -- Writing Process -- Additional performance assessments.

"This book offers an assessment system that can be used across a district, school or classroom. Three intertwined Pre-K-6 learning progressions, one each in opinion, information, and narrative writing, are at the center of this systems. These learning progressions are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and to our knowledge of the teaching or writing, and they have been piloted, in conjunction with the other tools in this system, in tens of thousands of classrooms."--Page 2.