2025 Literacy Convening

According to the Institute for Education Sciences, the most effective evidence-based best practice for teaching writing to secondary students is through the model-practice-reflect cycle and using assessments of student writing to inform instruction and feedback. Formative assessment of writing and increasing writing across content areas will support secondary students’ writing development and increase reading comprehension.

In this webinar, educators will: examine and break down the 6-12th grade writing standards for the production and distribution of writing, explore evidence-based best practices for assessing student writing, and collaborate with other secondary educators to reflect on current teaching practice and how to incorporate their learning into their classrooms.

This session is intended for all 6-12 literacy educators to strengthen their current practices in teaching and assessing the Arizona writing standards. All participants will walk away with strategies and resources to implement in their classrooms right away, including a guide full of evidence-based best practices for teaching secondary writing effectively.

Participants will:
examine and break down the 6-12th grade writing standards for the production and distribution of writing
explore evidence-based best practices for assessing student writing and AZ assessment resources
collaborate with other secondary educators to reflect on current teaching practice and how to incorporate their learning into their classrooms.

Participants will gain access to a digital repository of related resources, and will participate in collegial discussions and reflections about their own current system.