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Development and Validation of Successful Writing Program Indicators Based on Research in Continuously Improving and Continuously Declining Schools: Report of the Kentucky State Writing Project. Study of Writing Instruction in Kentucky Schools.

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Coe, Pamelia; Keyes, Marian; Meehan, Merrill; Orletsky, Sandra; Lewis, Starr; Rigney, Sue; Runge, Claudia; Whitaker, Julia – 1999

In 1995, a 5-year collaborative research and development project began examining conditions and practices in Kentucky schools that are linked most strongly with improvement in a school's writing score on the statewide portfolio assessment. An examination of over 1,200 schools with complete writing portfolio scores for 1992-96 identified 42 schools…

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development

Developing Writers: Pilot and Field Test of a School-Level Portfolio Writing Program Self-Study Process.

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Meehan, Merrill L.; Parrish, Paige; Keyes, Marian; Orletsky, Sandra; Coe, Pamelia; Lewis, Starr; Whitaker, Julie; Runge, Claudia; Tolbert, Shannon – 2000

Since 1991-92, student writing portfolios have been part of Kentucky's high-stakes performance-based assessment. A study of schools with continuously improving or continuously declining writing portfolio scores led to identification of 36 indicators of successful writing programs. These indicators were used to develop a comprehensive needs…

Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Field Test of the "School Study of Writing Instruction": A Self-Study Needs Assessment Instrument. A Product of the Kentucky State Project: Designing Professional Development for Portfolio Improvement. Study of Writing Instruction in Kentucky Schools.

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Parrish, Paige; Keyes, Marian; Orletsky, Sandra; Coe, Pamelia; Runge, Claudia; Meehan, Merrill; Whitaker, Julia; Nickell, Margaret; Roberts, Jean; Sallee, Modena; Ladd, Pamela; Caudill, Cathy; Foster, Gaye; Hatton, Sharon; Lewis, Starr; Tolbert, Shannon – 1999

One mandate of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 requires that students develop a writing portfolio. Ultimately, schools must elevate the average performance level of students' portfolios to the benchmark of "proficient." During site visits to 29 schools, 36 indicators were identified that differentiated writing scores and…

Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods