Writing and school reform : writing instruction in the age of Common Core and standardized testing / Joanne Addison and Sharon James McGee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Addison, Joanne, author.

McGee, Sharon James, author.

Series:

Perspectives on writing (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Perspectives on writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Evaluation.

English language.

Educational accountability--United States--History.

Educational accountability.

Educational tests and measurements--United States--History.

Educational tests and measurements.

Common Core State Standards (Education).

History.

English language--Writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Evaluation.

English language--Writing.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 135 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : The WAC Clearinghouse ; Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2017]

Summary:

"Traces the history of the accountability movement from the development of scale-based tests of writing in 1860s to the fabricated educational crises allowed by Sputnik in 1950s to the publication of A Nation at Risk in the 1980s and adoption of Common Core State Standards in 2009"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief history of accountability and standardized testing

Standardized testing before Sputnik

Sputnik : a moment of crisis

Standardized testing and higher education

Directing future attention

Writing in high school, writing in college

Consortium for the study of writing in college

National Commission on Writing

National Curriculum Survey

Institutionally based research

Deep learning and writing instruction

Beyond prewriting and clear expectations

Genres beyond the university

Writing attributes beyond the university

Appendix A : student survey of writing in college

What's an administrator or teacher to do?

Writing across the curriculum (WAC)

Effective and responsive instruction

Professional development and assessment

One last point : let's not forget English language learners

Thinking vertically

Common Core State Standards initiative

Language and literacy Common Core State Standards

Knowledge transfer

Transfer and genres

Behaviors and meta-awareness

Teaching vertically

Teaching writing matters

Empowering sponsors

Empowering and engaged professional development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781607326458

1607326450

OCLC:

960969173