This book and the online Striving Writer’s Community is created by teachers to develop a systematic approach to data-driven, standards-based writing instruction that allows teachers to track and to share student progress and success. Striving Writers can work in tandem with any curriculum and address the needs of students as they progress in meeting or exceeding grade-level standards. Practical assessment tools and high-leverage targeted activities for instruction are the heart of this book. We are dedicated to helping you implement these processes and strategies in your schools and classrooms to maximize writing instruction. We know that Striving Writers–a system to plan, teach, and measure student success–will be a welcomed resource for every school and every classroom to build growing writers.