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McKenna, Meaghan; Dedrick, Robert F.; Goldstein, Howard – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2022
This article describes the development of the Early Elementary Writing Rubric (EEWR), an analytic assessment designed to measure kindergarten and first-grade writing and inform educators' instruction. Crocker and Algina's (1986) approach to instrument development and validation was used as a guide to create and refine the writing measure. Study 1…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Beginning Writing, Writing Evaluation, Test Construction
Coker, David L., Jr.; Ritchey, Kristen D.; Uribe-Zarain, Ximena; Jennings, Austin S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
To help all students meet the writing expectations of the Common Core State Standards, researchers need a deeper understanding of the characteristics of struggling writers. The purpose of this study was to explore the writing profiles of students including those who have or are at risk for writing disabilities. First-grade students (N = 391) were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation
Coker, David L., Jr.; Ritchey, Kristen D.; Uribe-Zarain, Ximena; Jennings, Austin S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
In order to help all students meet the writing expectations of the Common Core State Standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2010), researchers need a deeper understanding of the characteristics of struggling writers. The purpose of this study was to explore the profiles of students who may have or be at risk for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation
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Ritchey, Kristen D.; Coker, David L., Jr.; Jackson, Allison F. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
We investigated the relationship between 28 teachers' theoretical orientations to writing instruction and self-reported instructional practices and student writing performance. First-, second-, and third-grade teachers completed the Teacher Writing Orientation Scale developed by Graham, Harris, MacArthur, and Fink (2002) and reported the frequency…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Writing Instruction, Writing Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness