Noting that statewide writing assessment shows the achievements of Oregon students over the last decade, this booklet explains the results for the 1993-1997 assessments and provides papers illustrating the work that Oregon students in grades 8, 10, and 11 produce on the state test. The booklet's chapters are: (1) The History of Writing Assessment in Oregon; (2) The Analytic Models and Highlights of Assessment Results; (3) The Classroom Connection; and (4) Statewide Results and Sample Student Papers. Appendixes contain: a writing scoring guide; mode scoring guide; sample prompts, grades 8, 10, and 11; guides to revision, grades 8 and 10; student writer's report; requirements for collection of student work samples; conversion tables from 5- to 6-point scoring scale; inter-rater reliability 1996-1997; writing content panel members; and a 19-item annotated bibliography of material on writing assessment and instruction. (CR)