Sandy Heldsinger

Sandy Heldsinger

Leading the development of the Brightpath assessment and reporting software in schools

Dr Sandy Heldsinger has over 20 years’ experience in educational measurement. Sandy co-ordinated the WA system-level assessments, has taught masters level courses in educational assessment for a number of years and has led the development of a wide range of resources, including reporting software, to support schools in using assessment to improve student performance. Sandy is leading the development of the Brightpath assessment and reporting software in schools.

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Using quality mentor texts to explicitly teach students how to write narratives
Using quality mentor texts to explicitly teach students how to write narratives

Findings from an action research project in three West Australian schools suggest the use of quality mentor texts when explicitly teaching how to write narratives can improve students’ storytelling ability. Ron Gorman and Dr Sandy Heldsinger share more details about the teaching and assessment strategies used, and samples of student writing.