Alignment Across K–12 Writing Standards, Assessments, Achievement, and Postsecondary Expectations: A State-by-State Analysis

Products: The project will provide information on states' writing content standards and assessments (e.g., their cognitive difficulty, their alignment with each other and with postsecondary writing expectations, their inclusion of research-based practices, and their relationship with a national assessment) that can contribute to a coherent approach to developing standards and assessments. This information will be provided in both a policy brief and through peer reviewed publications.

Book chapter

Troia, G.A. (2013). Writing Instruction Within a Response to Intervention Framework: Prospects and Challenges for Elementary and Secondary Classrooms. In S. Graham, C.A. MacArthur, and J. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Best Practices in Writing Instruction (2nd ed., pp. 403-427). New York: Guilford Press.

Journal article, monograph, or newsletter

Mo, T., and Troia, G. A. (2017). Predicting Students' Writing Performance on the NAEP from Student- and State-Level Variables. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 30 (4): 739-770.

Mo, Y., Kopke, R.A., Hawkins, L., Troia, G.A., and Olinghouse, N.G. (2014). The Neglected "R" in a Time of Common Core. Reading Teacher, 67 (6): 445-453.

Troia, G. A., and Graham, S. (2016). Common Core Writing and Language Standards and Aligned State Assessments: A National Survey of Teacher Beliefs and Attitudes. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29 (9): 1719-1743.

Troia, G. A., Olinghouse, N. G., Wilson, J., Stewart, K. A., Mo, Y., Hawkins, L., and Kopke, R. A. (2016). The Common Core Writing Standards: A Descriptive Study of Content and Alignment with a Sample of Former State Standards. Reading Horizons Journal, 55 (3): 98-141.

Troia, G.A., and Olinghouse, N.G. (2013). The Common Core State Standards and Evidence-Based Educational Practices: The Case of Writing. School Psychology Review, 42 (3): 343-357.

Troia, G.A., Olinghouse, N.G., Mo, Y., Hawkins, L., Kopke, R.A., Chen, A., Wilson, J., and O'Shea, K.A. (2015). Academic Standards for Writing: To What Degree Do Standards Signpost Evidence-Based Instructional Practices and Interventions?. The Elementary School Journal, 116 (2): 291-321.

Yo, M. and Troia, G. (2017). Similarities and Differences in Constructs Represented by U.S. States' Middle School Writing Tests and the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress Writing Assessment. Assessing Writing, 33 : 48-67.

Nongovernment report, issue brief, or practice guide

Troia, G.A. (2014). Writing an Evidence-Based Practice Guide. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Collaborative for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform.

Troia, G.A., and Olinghouse, N.G. (2014). Learning Progressions for K-8 Writing: A Guide for Policymakers, Educators, and Researchers. Iowa City, IA: ACT.

** This project was submitted to and funded under Education Policy, Finance, and Systems in FY 2010.