Improving Writing and Learning in the Nation's School

Research Shows Writing Improvement for Students of Writing Project Teacher

• In nine independent studies, in every measured attribute of writing, the improvement of students whose teachers participated in NWP professional development exceeded that of students whose teachers were not participants.

• The goal of the National Writing Project's newest book Because Writing Matter: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools (Jossry-Bass 2003) is not a particularly modest one. The book's purpose is to change the way that writing is taught in American schools.

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