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McCormick-Calkins, L. & Harwayne, S. (1991). Living between the lines. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc.
Nagin, C. (2012). Because writing matters improving student writing in our schools. New York: Jossey Bass, A Wiley Imprint.

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Make sure that your goals for your students are clear to them and that you give them feedback throughout the process. Keep records of failures and successes so they can see their own growth.

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- ask students to reflect during their writing process and after their pieces are complete.
- what problems did they have?
- how have they grown?
- what do they wish to improve?

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- set goals for both yourself and your students.
- acquire information from student work and conversations from them and their parents.
- reflect on what does work as well as what does not work so that you can grow as a teacher!

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"The examiner pipes and the teacher must dance-- and the examiner sticks to the old tune. If the educational reformers really wish the dance altered they must turn their attention from the dancers to the musicians."

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These groups can make students feel that they are failures before they ever have a chance to excel and learn. They also may cause children in "high performing" groups to feel that they are better than their classmates.

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Make an effort to point out your students' strengths and how you have noticed that they have learned and grown.

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It is important for both students and teachers to feel that their daily work is recognized and valued.

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This will give students a sense of responsibility in learning about writing standards and in producing their best work.

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1. How students organize information.
2. How students develop ideas.
3. If they can make a convincing argument.
4. If they can create an organized story line.

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Assessments should be used to instruct, not only as a way to evaluate student writing

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Making students write on a topic without giving them data or background information does not allow them to think critically.

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The type of writing, they type and number of writing prompts, how the score of the assessment will affect the student and/or the school, and how the writing is judged.

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Teachers must find an efficient way to teach the standards that they learn in professional development in a way that is meaningful to students and will help them to grow as writers.

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Changes in assessments are being made to not only focus on conventions, but to have students show proficiency in reaching their audience from different points of view and for different purposes.

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Standards & Assessments for Writing