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Download full textFisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2006
Student writing performance has not appreciably improved in the past decade. While there is evidence that teachers assign more writing than in the past, performance has not kept pace. Three urban schools that experienced significant improvements in students' writing achievement were studied. To glean ideas and examples, the authors observed…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Writing Achievement, Writing Assignments, Urban Schools
