The Writing Pathways Initiative

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Is your school interested in being part of this study for the 2023-24 school year? Send us an email at phil.weinberg@teachinglab.org and jessica.azani@teachinglab.org.

Who is eligible to participate during the 2023-24 school year?

We are looking for groups of teachers within a school to participate during the 2023-24 school year. Those teachers should teach 7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th grade and should teach a content area that involves regular writing (e.g., English, History, Science). Some schools will be treatment schools whereas others would be control schools.

What will I be asked to do as a participating teacher?

Treatment school teachers will incorporate the writing pathway into their curriculum, fill out a daily 3-minute survey about their writing instruction that day, give a pre- and post-test to their students, and meet with the Writing Pathways team and their school-based Team Lead each month.

Control school teachers will only give the pre- and post-test and fill out the survey once a week.

What compensation will teachers receive?

Each treatment school teacher will be compensated $2,000 for the year.

Each control school teacher will be compensated $450 for the year.