Literacy news
Transforming Writing interim evaluation report published
11 Jan 2013
Transforming Writing is a two-year action research project, sponsored by Esmée Fairbairn, which aims to develop a model for the teaching and learning of writing that more fully incorporates a focus on embedded formative assessment.
In the first year of the project, the 12 participating schools developed a model of writing underpinned by Talk for Writing, an approach developed by Pie Corbett and Julia Strong.
The interim report, written by Jonathon Rooke from the University of Winchester, evaluates to what extent the model of writing developed by the teachers during the first year of research impacts on children’s writing in terms of attainment, confidence and engagement.
We are currently in the second phase of the project, which is refining the model and supporting participating teachers to disseminate it to colleagues within their school. This continuing professional development will be available more widely next academic year.
The final evaluation report of the project, which will further evaluate the impact of the methodology will be published in Autumn 2013.
