Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively

Julie Bruch, M.P.A., is a researcher at Math-

ematica Policy Research. She led the evidence 

reviews and the panel’s effort to synthesize 

the evidence for this guide. She is a certi-

fied WWC reviewer and helped develop the 

Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra 

Knowledge in Middle and High School Students 

practice guide.

Joshua Furgeson, Ph.D., is a senior 

researcher at Mathematica Policy Research 

and a former high school teacher. He is the 

lead methodologist for the special education 

topic areas in the WWC, and he leads the 

practice guides under Mathematica’s contract. 

He has helped develop three other practice 

guides: Improving Mathematical Problem 

Solving in Grades 4 Through 8; Teaching 

Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in 

Middle and High School Students; and Foun-

dational Skills to Support Reading for Under-

standing in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade.