Write to Succeed¶
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Evidence · 8 claims (8 for) · 2 studies (2 design),q1–q2· 0 of 2 report an effect size · 8 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A professional learning programme developed and iteratively tested by the Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) Partnership to improve literacy instruction, support English learners, and incorporate culturally and linguistically relevant instruction.
Components¶
- Write to Succeed professional learning program for literacy instruction: Write to Succeed is a professional learning program that the SWELL partnership will "iteratively enhance and test" to "help teachers improve their literacy instruction." The partnership adapts, implements, and refines the program across 2023/24 through 2025/27, adding enhancements for teacher collaboration and culturally and linguistically relevant instruction before statewide scale-up. (Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) Partnership (2023))
- Write to Succeed professional learning program for grade 4-8 teachers: Write to Succeed is a school-year professional learning program in which teachers "engage in collaborative learning on evidence-based literacy practices" that develop students' language skills within content instruction and scaffold writing, especially for English learner students. It comprises coach professional learning (a two-day institute each semester plus three hours of ongoing support, about 19 hours per semester), six hours of teacher group professional learning with coach modeling, three hours of collaborative planning, and two to three hours of individual coaching with lesson observation and debrief per semester, plus a teacher binder and curriculum-integration guide. Practices are (Patrick Rich et al. (2025))
Claims¶
- The SWELL logic model posits long-term positive impacts on English learner English proficiency and on literacy achievement, including writing, for all students served [+W]
- The SWELL logic model posits medium-term improvements in teachers' literacy instruction and ability to accommodate language learning and embed CLRI [+W]
- The SWELL logic model posits that participating teachers will increase self-efficacy in literacy instruction and in supporting English learner students [+W]
- Teacher confidence in teaching literacy and English learner students increased over the pilot year, especially with a local coach [+W]
- Teachers reported increased use of culturally and linguistically relevant instruction over the year, while teacher collaboration remained unchanged [+W] — (also cited [~W])
- Teachers with a local coach completed far more of the intended Write to Succeed professional learning activities than teachers without one [+W]
- Most pilot teachers found the Write to Succeed materials helpful, and teachers and coaches benefited from seeing practices modeled [+W]
- Most pilot teachers used the Write to Succeed practices and found them easy to use and helpful for students, with ease of use increasing across semesters [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) Partnership. (2023). https://ies.ed.gov/nrel/southwest
- Patrick Rich, Audrey Altieri, Rachel Garrett. (2025). A pilot study of Write to Succeed: An intervention to enhance writing instruction in New Mexico. Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (REL 2025-013). https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/pilot-study-write-succeed-intervention-enhancing-writing-instruction-new-mexico
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Write to Succeed |
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A professional learning programme developed and iteratively tested by the Southwest English Learner Literacy (SWELL) Partnership to improve literacy instruction, support English learners, and incorporate culturally and linguistically relevant instruction. |
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