“My biggest struggle was teaching to each individual child’s writing style, especially as many didn’t have a style outside of restating the question and giving a one worded answer. Top score gave us all a basic writing formula that we

“My biggest struggle was getting students to understand how to elaborate on their quotes and paraphrases. Top score helped me to teach students how to elaborate correctly and to understand that their elaboration needs to be related to their quotes

“One of the biggest struggles I find is the planning process for the students. The IRC or ITC model makes it simple for students to set up their planning on their sheets. Also when we would highlight the different parts

“My biggest struggle is that our district doesn’t have a writing curriculum at all. I would use my time searching for resources to help me, help my students. Now, I have a curriculum and resources, at my fingertips to help

“My biggest struggle was getting the students realize how easy it was organizing their paragraphs and seeing how easy it was to add the supporting details. Top Score really came through for my students.” —Sharon Petersen

“My biggest struggle was the steps to plan the essay and how to elaborate. Top score has an easy to follow planner and great elaboration strategies. “ —Erica Segal