District leaders often face challenges in gaining timely, accurate insights into student writing before high-stakes testing. Given the complexity of writing and the variation in scoring, understanding the current state of students' writing skills is no easy feat!
NoRedInk Writing Benchmarks offer a solution. By providing a quick, system-wide snapshot of student writing, district leaders can immediately identify areas of strength and growth. Engaging, high-interest prompts encourage students to produce argumentative writing, while NoRedInk’s Grading Assistant gives tailored feedback. Teachers and leaders can use this data to differentiate instruction and target student needs more effectively.
In this on-demand webinar, Dr. Paige Whitlock, Literacy Director, and Eman Mehrez, Product Manager will demonstrate how Writing Benchmarks can provide real-time insights into student writing proficiency, helping leaders take actionable steps across their schools or districts.
Writing Benchmarks: Insight into Student Writing Across Your System
Dr. Paige Whitlock has spent three decades in literacy education. She has taught middle and high school English and ESOL in seven states and supervised English departments in schools and central office. In her former position as the Secondary Language Arts Coordinator for Fairfax County Public Schools, she coordinated the curriculum and instruction for 1,000 English and dually certified teachers who serve 80,000 students. Her passion for literacy was the impetus for her research in disciplinary literacy at Virginia Tech where she was the recipient of the 2021 Dissertation Award. Dr. Whitlock earned her Bachelor’s degree in English at Drake University, a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the University of Missouri, St. Louis and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Virginia Tech.
Eman Mehrez
Product Manager
Eman Mehrez lives in Montreal and has been a Product Manager at NoRedInk for 2 years leading the Integrations and the Data team. Eman is most proud of launching the latest integrations including Google Classroom and ClassLink taking administrative load off teachers so they can focus on shaping the minds of kiddos.
She has an MBA from the American University in Cairo.
Apart from spending her free time with her dog, she enjoys listening to music, reading and traveling.
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