Indiana University Southeast Writing Project

To succeed in today’s information-driven economy, young people need to know how to write and communicate ffectively. Writing is important for both academic and workplace success. It is essential to learning and thinking. he National Writing Project (NWP) works with teachers across the country to improve the teaching of writing n the nation’s classrooms. Results from wo new research studies, one from the Academy for Educational evelopment (AED) and the other from Inverness Research Associates (IRA), show how NWPpr ofessional
development leads to improved student writing achievement.

written by David Stoner