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Jacklyn C. Davenport – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many students across the US, specifically in Texas, struggle with writing on grade level. On the last National Assessment of Educational Progress (2012), 70% of eighth- and twelfth-grade students were not writing on grade level. On the 2021 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Writing, only 26% of the fourth grade students met…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Grade 8, Grade 12, Grade 4
Jessica Leah Shugart – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Writing is a complex, multi-faceted skill that students begin to learn early in their elementary school years and utilize throughout the rest of their academic, personal, and professional lives. Despite the importance of developing effective writing skills, elementary teachers today often lack the necessary training and preparation to provide…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Faculty Development, Self Efficacy
Park, Christina; Arshan, Nicole; Milby, Allison; Goetz, Rebecca – Grantee Submission, 2021
Developed by the National Writing Project (NWP), the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) seeks to improve students' argument writing by building teachers' understanding of and skill in teaching source-based argument writing. The program features intensive professional development, skill-based instructional resources, and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Program Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness
Tabitha Dudley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study was to discover the pathways and roadblocks that lead to ELLs' writing abilities in fourth grade after transitioning from a bilingual to a general education classroom. This research compared students' data points in Dual Language classes on state assessments and the writing strategies implemented by Dual Language teachers.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, General Education, Grade 4, Writing Ability
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2012
The SAT is an assessment of critical reading, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills administered by the College Board. This report provides a summary of all results for AISD students from school year 2011-2012 compared with previous years.
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Writing Skills
Hernandez, Rosalinda; Menchaca, Velma; Huerta, Jeffery – Online Submission, 2011
This study examined whether relationships exist between Hispanic fourth-grade students' anxiety and test performance on a state-mandated writing assessment. Quantitative methodologies were employed by using test performance and survey data from 291 participants. While no significantly direct relationship exists between students' levels of anxiety…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Correlation, Test Anxiety
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2012
The performance data on long-term English language learners (ELLs) in AISD were mixed and suggest not all long-term ELLs were struggling in English proficiency or content area knowledge. A quarter of long-term ELLs received special education services.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Characteristics, Language Fluency, School Districts