The following is a compilation of research, theory, and policy resources on writing provided by planning partners and participants of the 2006 The Indiana Writing Summit: "The Neglected R."
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Research, Theory, and Policy Resources
on Writing
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(Internet access is needed to access hyperlinked sites:)
- American Diploma Project. National Reports
- http://www.achieve.org/publications/national_reports_view
Setting the Bar: An Evaluation of ISTEP+ Assessments for Indiana 2003
- http://www.achieve.org/node/272
Ready or Not: Creating a High School Diploma that Counts2004
- http://www.achieve.org/files/ADPreport.pdf
- Cooper, Charles R., and Lee Odell, eds,
- Evaluating Writing: The Role of Teachers' Knowledge about Text, Learning, and Culture. NCTE, 1999.
- Hillocks, George, Jr.
- Research on Written Composition: New Directions for Teaching. National Conference on Research in English, 1986.
[Meta-study of all the research on composing, writing process, teaching writing and components of writing to 1986. We still work from the frameworks he identified.]
- Hillocks, George, Jr.
- The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning. Teachers College Press, 2002.
- Indrisano, Roselmina, and James R. Squire, eds.
- Perspectives on Writing: Research, Theory, and Practice. International Reading Association, 2000.
- Inverness Research Associates.
- Independent evaluators of the National Writing Project. http://www.inverness-research.org/nwp_ppt.html
- Myers, Miles.
- Changing Our Minds: Negotiating English and Literacy. National Council of Teachers of English, 1996.
- National Commission on Writing in America’s Schools and Colleges. Reports.
- Writing and School Reform 2006
Writing: A Powerful Message from State Government, 2005
Writing: A Ticket to Work . . . Or a Ticket Out 2004
The Neglected "R": The Need for a Writing Revolution 2003
http://www.writingcommission.org/report.html
- National Writing Project and Carl Nagin.
- Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. 2nd ed. Jossey-Bass, 2006.
- North, Stephen.
- The Making of Knowledge in Composition: Portrait of an Emerging Field. Boynton/Cook, 1987.
- Reeves, Douglas B.
- Accountability for Learning: How Teachers and School Leaders Can Take Charge. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004.
- Rose, Mike.
- Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America. Penguin, 1995.
- Smith, Mary Ann.
- “National Writing Project plunges teachers into specific expertise with a thorough Immersion in Writing.” Journal of Staff Development 27.3 (2006): 10-13, 20-21. http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/smith273.pdf
- White, Edward M.
- Teaching and Assessing Writing. 2nd ed. Jossey-Bass, 1994.
[Still relevant, research-based, useful reference for big picture.]
- Yancey, Kathleen Blake.
- “Looking Back as We Look Forward: Historicizing Writing Assessment.” College Composition and Communication 50.3 (1999): 483-503
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