The+National+Writing+Project

=Inverness Research: The Importance of Federal Support of the NWP=

It is a national professional development infrastructure that supports network of 200 sites.

 * ===National leadership and administration===
 * ===Research and evaluation===
 * ===Centralized fundraising===
 * ===Special initiatives===
 * ===Leadership development===
 * ===Support and technical assistance===
 * ===Site review and quality control===

4. NWP programs are of high quality. Seven years of Inverness survey data:

 * ===97% of teachers say NWP institutes are better than other professional development.===
 * ===97% of teachers say that what they learn from the NWP translates into better writing skills for their students===
 * ===Most NWP teachers are using, and disseminating, classroom practices that are statistically correlated with higher achievement on the National Assessment of Education Progress writing assessments.===