Gwinnett Writes (4th Grade Students)

What: Gwinnett Writes Assessment

When: March 9, 2026

Who:   Fourth Grade Students

Gwinnett Writes Assessment

What is this assessment?

Gwinnett Writes is administered once a year during third quarter as a language arts assessment.  For the test, students will write an informative or argumentative response to a Language Arts, Science, or Social Studies topic. The choice of topic will be made by the student on test day prior to starting the test.  

Gwinnett Writes will be administered in grades 4, 6, 7, and 9 this school year. 

What is the purpose of the Gwinnett Writes assessment?

Gwinnett Writes is a new assessment for language arts that assesses writing skills for each student. The assessment will occur during the third quarter as a language arts assessment with a choice of writing topics from Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.  

Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies have writing resources and prompts that align to the AKS for each course. These have been used throughout the school year to prepare students. 

Gwinnett Writes is the required language arts district assessment for 3rd quarter and accounts for 5% of a student’s course grade. 

The absence of a test score would result in a zero being entered in the gradebook and a course grade that does not reflect the student’s true achievement.

Why is my child taking this assessment?

Students learn to write in elementary school and use writing for learning in middle and high school courses. Gwinnett Writes assesses writing skills as defined in the Academic, Knowledge, and Skills (AKS) for Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.

Where can I find more information about this assessment?

Gwinnett Writes Information

Design of the Assessment

Scoring of Student Responses

Writing Test Development Process