The writing assessment was designed to be administered in grades 4 and 8 (in 1994 - 95, the writing assessment was moved to grades 5 and 8) and is comprised
of two
main components in writing: a) a
portfolio of student work which includes a set number and specified
types of pieces
of writing collected over the course
of a year, and b) a «uniform test»
of writing (i.e. a standard prompt to which all students respond using standard procedures).
In fact the 5
main components to consider when designing any
type of stock or mutual fund
portfolio; answering the question
of what
type of investments you need to have and based on percentages
of these sectors used what is your time horizon.