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From https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170124152102.htm

Study links teacher training, improved student writing skills
January 24, 2017

A study from the University of California, Irvine has found a correlation between teacher professional development and improvements in academic writing by English learners in grades 7-12.

Students of teachers who participated in the Pathway Project -- 46 hours of training in the "cognitive strategies" instructional approach -- scored higher on an academic writing assessment and had higher pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam than students whose teachers did not receive the training.

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