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Drive to Write: A Program to Improve Student Writing through Technology and Teacher Support

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Intervention Details

Subjects

English Language Arts, History & Social Studies

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

Full school year

Grade

9

Personnel

Coach, General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Drive to Write is a coaching and professional development program for teachers designed to improve student writing, specifically targeting ninth-grade students in Global History classes who will face a challenging writing component on an upcoming state exam. The program includes a writing skills syllabus, a skills-based rubric, customized technology tools such as Doctopus and Goobric, and coaching sessions to help teachers use data to inform instruction and provide actionable feedback to students. Teachers participate in professional development sessions and receive coaching support to help them implement the program's tools and strategies in their classrooms.

Statistical Finding Summary

No effect on student writing ability

Source

Emma, A., Rekha, B. & Zeest, H. (2019). Writing Instruction and Technology in the Classroom: Supporting Teachers with the Drive to Write Program (ED594081). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED594081.pdf.

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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.