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Peer reviewedLeahy, Peg – Reading Improvement, 1991
Gathers qualitative and quantitative measures in a formative analysis of the Writing to Read program. Finds that qualitative measures supported student, parent, and teacher satisfaction related to the program and that some statistically significant differences were found between first- and second-grade Writing to Read students and control…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Howard, Katrena C.; And Others – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of the Writing Express program (similar to the "Writing to Read" program, but with the distinction that students write in their second-grade classrooms and follow thematic maps integrated into the regular classroom curriculum). All 895 second-grade students in six Writing Express schools and 6…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Grade 2, Language Arts, Primary Education
Download full textJerome, Kathy; Gilman, David A. – 2003
This study compared ISTEP+ (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress) writing test scores before the implementation of a writing improvement program with ISTEP+ writing test scores. The study was conducted two years after such a program was implemented. Data from two groups was collected for this comparison. The first group used was the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Grade 3
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
This booklet presents a qualitative evaluation of the Simi Star Project, which sought to demonstrate the use of a Writing to Read adaptation that supports a literature-based, whole language, writing process environment within kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. After a description of the questions that the evaluation asked, the booklet…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Howard, Katrena C.; DiSalvo, Mindy L. – 1989
Writing to Read (WTR), a project of the International Business Machine Corporation (IBM), is a language development program designed to facilitate reading, writing, listening and speaking skills of kindergarten and first grade students. This paper reports on an evaluation of WTR in a large suburban school district in Georgia seeking answers to the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Spillman, Carolyn V.; And Others – 1986
A study evaluated the effects of one reading software program on the written language production of kindergarten and first grade students. Subjects were approximately 600 students from six different schools--three using the computerized reading program, Writing to Read, and three comparable in demographics, but not using the program. Stories…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedCantrell, Susan Chambers – Reading Teacher, 1999
Investigates the effects on students' literacy learning of implementing recommended practices for primary programs, mandated in Kentucky's sweeping education-reform effort. Finds that students taught by four "high implementing" teachers outperformed students of "low implementing" teachers on every measure of literacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Instructional Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
During the 1985-1986 school year, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) implemented the Writing to Read program, which is designed to improve the writing, language and vocabulary development, and reading of young children. The Planning, Monitoring, and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model for Decision Making was used to evaluate two…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
Peer reviewedRogier, Lana L.; Owens, James L.; Patty, Del L. – Reading Improvement, 1999
Describes the successes of Writing to Read (WTR) program used with students in kindergarten and grade one as well as with two key subgroups (low-socioeconomic students and males who lag behind in reading and writing). Finds that with this program these subgroups can progress in reading and writing, and fewer students are recommended for remedial…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Learning Strategies
Boyer, Wanda Arleen Rumson – 1990
A study investigated whether the writing outcomes of first-grade pupils participating in the Writing-to-Read (WTR) program differed significantly from the writing outcomes of pupils in a traditional language arts curriculum (No-WTR). The study also investigated whether differences were attributable to gender, race, socioeconomic status, individual…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Stevenson, Zollie, Jr.; And Others – 1988
Evaluating the Writing To Read program (a computer-based reading/writing program developed by IBM for kindergarten children), a study examined the impact of the program on student achievement in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Writing To Read teaches students 42 phonetic sounds in the context of words that allow students to begin writing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Assessment, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Bruneau, Beverly J.; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted to determine parents' perceptions of a kindergarten program in the face of change toward a holistic language/literacy curriculum. The participants were the parents of 25 children enrolled in an all day kindergarten class of a university-based child development center. Nine of the parents (all mothers) volunteered to be…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Emergent Literacy, Full Day Half Day Schedules, Interviews
