With many years of teaching experience under her belt, Mary J. Crane realized that the way students learn how to write needs to change. The solution: a program that itemizes writing skills into measurable metrics that can be tracked and scored. With this program, teachers can monitor the progress of students’ writing through the year to ensure that they are improving. Designed for grades kindergarten through eighth, this program enumerates the skills children should have at each age in a way that is comprehensive for teachers and fun for kids.