Results & Impact

ECCO implementation emphasizes visible analytical thinking, evidence-based reasoning, and structured writing development across multiple writing modes and grade levels.

Recent Georgia Milestones comparisons demonstrated measurable schoolwide movement into higher writing performance categories across both Extended Writing and Narrative Writing assessments.

Schoolwide Growth Indicators

The results below are based on Georgia Milestones writing assessment data across Grades 3–8.

Following implementation of the ECCO framework, students demonstrated increased movement into higher performance bands in both informational and narrative writing. While results varied by grade level, the overall trend reflected stronger writing performance across the school.

Extended Writing Performance

Narrative Writing Performance

Selected Growth Highlights

5th Grade

• 36.3% increase in Extended Writing performance

• 45.5% increase in Narrative Writing performance

4th Grade

• 27.2% increase in Extended Writing performance

• 23.5% increase in Narrative Writing performance

7th Grade

• 26% increase in Narrative Writing performance