# Quill Diagnostic

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### Student Responses Analyzed

Quill automatically analyzes and grades open-ended responses. It identifies the writing skills students have mastered, as well as the ones they need to practice.

### Recommended Activities

You can then view a variety of reports to identify individual student and class-wide learning gaps. Quill generates a personalized learning plan for students based on where they need the most help.

### Evidence Based

The diagnostics evaluate student writing using an evidence based strategy called sentence combining. This strategy explicitly teaches students how to write sophisticated, complex sentences.

## What's Being Tested

The diagnostics cover fundamental areas of sentence structure, giving you insight into your students' ability to effectively create both basic and advanced sentences.

- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Capitalization
- Compound Subjects, Objects, Predicates
- Compound Sentences
- Complex Sentences
- Adjectives & Modifying Phrases
- Parallel Structure

[View Starter Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2861/index.html) [View Intermediate Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2863/index.html) [View Advanced Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2541/index.html)

## ELL Diagnostic

Our ELL Diagnostics assess your students' knowledge of a variety of concepts specifically chosen for English language learners. The diagnostic also offers directions in Spanish, Mandarin, French, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, and 10 other languages. [Learn more here.](https://support.quill.org/en/articles/9903797-how-do-students-see-ell-activity-translations)

- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Pronouns
- Articles
- Prepositions
- Tenses
- Modality
- Gerunds vs. Infinitives
- Uncountable Nouns

[View ELL Starter Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2550/index.html) [View ELL Intermediate Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2555/index.html) [View ELL Advanced Diagnostic](/content/activity_sessions/anonymous?activity_id=2563/index.html)

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### Quill Tools: Overview of Quill's Diagnostics and Skills Surveys

Quill offers six diagnostics and four skills surveys to help gather baseline data on your students' writing. Click here for an overview of the grammar concepts covered on each assessment.

by Erika P.H.

[Read](/content/teacher-center/quill-tools-overview-of-quills-5-diagnostics/index.html)

### ELL Diagnostics Standards Alignment

Quill's Alignment with Standards for English Language Learners

by Scarlet M.

[Read](/content/teacher-center/ell-diagnostics-standards-alignment/index.html)

### Getting Started Video: Assigning a Quill Diagnostic and Diagnostic Recommendations

This video will guide you through assigning a Quill Diagnostic and Diagnostic Recommendations.

by Robert M.

[Read](/content/teacher-center/getting-started-video-assigning-a-quill-diagnostic-and-diagnostic-recommendations/index.html)

### Getting Started Video: How to Assign a Growth Diagnostic

This video will guide you through assigning a Growth Diagnostic, understanding the student reports, and assigning the recommended practice.

by Scarlet M.

[Read](/content/teacher-center/getting-started-video-assigning-a-growth-diagnostic/index.html)

"I have my students work on Quill for a minimum of 15 minutes every day. I’m seeing improvement in their daily work on exit tickets, essays, and short answer questions, as well as on their tests when they have to answer analytical questions"

Derralee Johnson, ELA teacher in Manor, Texas

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