Elementary Writing Week: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Wild West of Assessing Writing Subskills and Written Expression in Grades K-3
Dr. Troia explores effective K-3 writing assessment techniques in this webinar.
This webinar with Dr. Gary Troia explores factors that affect the reliable and valid assessment of writing in grades K-3. Best practices for designing effective prompts and rubrics to counteract common pitfalls in qualitative writing assessment are discussed. Dr. Troia also discusses the application of a levels-of-language framework for examining student performance and growth in writing subskills, especially in students who struggle with such skills.
This session is the second webinar in Heggerty’s three-part Elementary Writing Week, a series that aims to empower educators with practical techniques and insights to cultivate strong writing foundations among elementary students.
This recorded webinar is of interest to K-3 teachers, literacy specialists, curriculum coordinators, and school leaders.
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Gary A. Troia | Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Gary A. Troia, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University. Prior to receiving his doctorate from the University of Maryland in 2000, he worked 10 years in the public schools as a special educator and speech-language pathologist, and six years as a university clinical supervisor. Dr. Troia is co-editor of the journal Topics in Language Disorders and serves on the editorial boards of several top special education journals. With colleagues Froma Roth and Colleen Worthington, he developed a phonological awareness intervention program for young at-risk children called Promoting Awareness of Speech Sounds (PASS), published by Attainment Company. With fellow researchers Lori Skibbe and Ryan Bowles and funding through the Institute of Education Sciences, he has developed an online phonological awareness assessment for young children with complex communication needs called ATLAS-PA, one component of the Access to Literacy Assessment System. Dr. Troia has authored over 70 research papers, book chapters, and white papers and has given numerous presentations about his work in the areas of phonological processing and awareness, writing assessment and instruction, and teacher professional development in literacy. He has been awarded over $6.5 million in intramural and extramural grants and contracts.