The Quill Writing Assessment is a set of graded writing assessments for P1 – F4+ students in Hong Kong. Developed and administered by i-Learner of Nebula Group Limited and its collaborators, the Quill Writing Assessment provides students with an opportunity to test their writing skills in an exam environment and receive feedback on their writing abilities.
The Quill Writing Assessment consists of Language stream and Literature stream. Students can choose their stream when applying.
Quill Language and Quill Literature each The Quill Writing Assessment has eight levels which cater to Hong Kong students from Primary 1 to Form 4 or above.
The table below shows the approximate benchmarking between the Quill Writing Assessment, i-Learner programmes and international standards.
Writing empowers students to add value to the world through expressing themselves, and numerous studies have emphasised the importance of writing. One study, for instance, found that the process of writing helps students to develop thinking skills and make persuasive arguments (Chappell, 2011). Another study found that the process of writing, which consists of planning, analysing and revising, is conducive to the development of students’ cognitive skills (Zajicova, 2011). Yet another study by Maley (2009) found that writing enables learners to manipulate the language in interesting and demanding ways and aids language development at all levels: grammar, vocabulary, phonology and discourse.
The Quill Writing Assessment is designed to help students acquire the vital writing skills they need to achieve the highest levels of academic success. The personalised quantitative and qualitative data provided by the Quill Writing Assessment will enable teachers and parents to pinpoint effective learning strategies for each student.