National Evaluation of Writing Project School Partnerships. Final Report, Executive Summary.

摘要

The National Writing Project traces its history back to 1974, when the University of California, Berkeley, sponsored a small team of faculty and K12 educators to provide professional development for teachers with the goal of improving the writing skills of incoming freshmen. It has since grown into a national network composed of nearly 200 university-based Local Writing Project sites. These sites work to build local teacher leadership capacity through Invitational Summer Institutes and continuity programs for the teacher leaders who participate in these institutes. Local Writing Project sites also offer inservice programs and a range of youth, family, and community programs led by the teacher leaders who have participated in Invitational Summer Institutes. Through their inservice programs, Local Writing Project sites seek to improve writing instruction by providing locally customized professional development to teachers in local schools and districts.