The National Writing Project-Client Satisfaction and Program Impact: Results from a Satisfaction Survey and Follow-up Survey of Participants at 2004 Invitational Institutes

Authors

Kathleen Dickey, Judy Hirabayashi, Allison Murray, Mark St. John, Laura Stokes, and assistance of Laurie Senauke, Inverness Research Inc.

Purpose

This report presents results of a nation-wide study of the National Writing Project carried out at the behest of the U.S. Department of Education. The study assesses NWP Invitational Institute participants’ satisfaction with their professional development experiences, and also assesses the impact of the NWP on their classroom practices.

Invitational Institute participants in summer 2004 from every NWP site in the nation responded to two surveys. The first survey measured the quality and potential value of the institutes. This same survey has been administered to institute participants for six consecutive years, 1999-2004. Consistently across all years, 95-98% of participants have rated the institute as being of very high quality and value.

The second survey assessed the impact of the institutes on teachers’ classroom practices nine months later in spring 2005. The results indicate that NWP institutes lead to improved teaching, including increased use of classroom practices that are correlated with higher achievement on the writing and reading assessments of the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), or the Nation’s Report Card.

Intended Audience

The National Writing Project, Federal and state policy makers, Funders, Educators, Teachers, Reform Leaders, and general public.

Disclaimer

Any and all errors are claimed by the authors of this document, Inverness Research Associates

Date published

December 2005

Distribution Policy

Inverness Research Inc. grants permission to print and distribute copies.

View & Print Report

These links will launch an Acrobat Reader document. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click the button shown above.

DOWNLOAD REPORT (pp. 35)