Hyman Fine Elementary Case Study Elementary School Improves
State Test Scores by 26% using Empowering Writers “This training
and methodology has allowed our district to break an 11 year run
of stagnant scores!” - Cathy White, Principal Hyman Fine
Elementary Cathy White, Principal Hyman Fine Elementary,
Attleboro, MA 1. What was the writing instruction like at your
school/classroom before implementing EW? Inconsistent best
describes our previous approach and results. Each teacher used
Write Traits and Collins tools however writing was at the
discretion of each teacher. They could not really identify where
in their curriculum map it belonged, nor could they articulate
the kinds of writing needed. Some students wrote a lot because
the teacher was a teacher of writing and others wrote little and
mostly for the purposes of determining comprehension. I can
remember when we first began Reading Street (scott Foresman),
there is one unit that suggests a writing project called the “to
do list”. For example in grade fou