ERIC Number: EJ1464472
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-4512
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4810
Available Date: 0000-00-00
How to Use Instructional Assessments for Explicit Instruction of Text-Writing Fluency
Shawn M. Datchuk1; Murphy K. Young1; Abigail A. Allen2; Leah M. Zimmermann1
Intervention in School and Clinic, v60 n4 p220-227 2025
Many students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle to develop text-writing fluency: the skill of accurately and efficiently composing multiple words into sentences and passages understandable to readers. In prior studies, researchers have used instructional assessments to control for task difficulty and identify precise areas of text-writing fluency to address using explicit instruction. In this article, guidance is provided on how to use instructional assessments--a type of curriculum-based assessment--to inform explicit instruction of text-writing fluency for students with LD. In addition to detailed steps, considerations for implementation and variation are discussed.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Curriculum Based Assessment, Sentence Structure, Readability, Direct Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA