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Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools, Revised Edition

ISBN: 978-0-7879-8067-2
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144 pages
February 2006, Jossey-Bass
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Preface ix

The Authors xi

INTRODUCTION Why Writing Matters 1

ONE Improving Student Writing: Challenges and Expectations 9

TWO Learning to Write 19

THREE Writing to Learn 43

FOUR Professional Development 57

FIVE Standards and Assessments for Writing 71

SIX What Administrators Can Do to Create

Effective Writing Programs 87

Notes 105

Bibliography 115

Index 123

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