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The National Writing Project: Networked Development and Use of Knowledge to Support Teachers’ Professional Learning

Tue, April 17, 8:15 to 9:45am, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, West Room 215&216

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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This symposium shares current research on NWP to examine the ways in which NWP functions as an interactive space and the effects of NWP on teachers’ practice and student learning. Three papers focus on NWP’s university-based sites’ work – partnerships between Local Writing Project sites (LWPs) and middle schools. They draw evidence from the National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development, offering different methodological perspectives on how writing project middle grades partnerships contribute to changes in teachers’ practice, student achievement in writing, and the creation of professional community. The fourth paper uses mixed methods to examine how NWP’s development and use of a writing assessment system to support teachers’ growth as teachers of writing and as leaders of professional development.

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