The Purdue Owl provides style guides (MLA and APA) for writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, ESL (English as a Second Language) and professional writing. The Purdue Online Writing Lab links to Purdue OWL Vidcasts, APA Formatting and Style Guide, MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide, Avoiding Plagiarism, Writing the basic business letter, and developing a resume.

In the fall and spring of each school year, students in the Baraboo School District are assessed on their academic writing skills. We pre-assess to determine skill-level as students come into the year, and we post-assess to determine growth. See the attached presentation to see our process along with examples of the writing assessments, rubrics, and student writing samples from K-8.