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Writing to the Common Core: Teachers’ responses to changes in standards for writing in elementary schools
This multiple case study investigated how the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) for writing and teacher evaluation system based in part on CCSS
assessments might be influencing writing instruction in elementary schools. The
sample included nine schools: Six achieved above-predicted performance on English
Language Arts (ELA) as well as prior ELA assessments (called ‘‘odds-beating’’),
and three demographically similar schools that achieved predicted outcomes
on the same assessments (called ‘‘typically performing’’). Interview and focus group
transcripts (N = 30), classroom observations (N = 24), and documentary data were
collected and analyzed. Findings from this study revealed that teachers in the
majority of schools were using evidence based practices such as peer collaboration,
prewriting/planning/drafting, using rubrics, and writing to learn. They focused on
comparison/contrast and...
Show moreThis multiple case study investigated how the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) for writing and teacher evaluation system based in part on CCSS
assessments might be influencing writing instruction in elementary schools. The
sample included nine schools: Six achieved above-predicted performance on English
Language Arts (ELA) as well as prior ELA assessments (called ‘‘odds-beating’’),
and three demographically similar schools that achieved predicted outcomes
on the same assessments (called ‘‘typically performing’’). Interview and focus group
transcripts (N = 30), classroom observations (N = 24), and documentary data were
collected and analyzed. Findings from this study revealed that teachers in the
majority of schools were using evidence based practices such as peer collaboration,
prewriting/planning/drafting, using rubrics, and writing to learn. They focused on
comparison/contrast and writing based on research tasks. Teachers shared a generally
positive view of the CCSS for writing. However, typically performing school
teachers expressed a more negative view regarding the paucity of emphasis on
creative writing in the CCSS. The study offers considerations regarding aligning
CCSS instruction to evidence based practice highlighted in the research and providing
teachers with guidance on scaffolding writing in an effort to develop
engaged, motivated, and independent young writers.
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- Wilcox, K.C.; Jeffery, J.V.
- Date
- 2016
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 903 - 928