Quill
Overview
Focus
Specific Skills
- Grammar
- Sentence writing
Program Length
10-15 minute exercises over 10 weeks
Program Description
"Quill, a nonprofit organization, has adapted research-based writing instruction into a free, open source digital platform. All of our content is free to use for students and teachers, although we do have a premium model we sell to schools. Our activities help students develop their sentence construction and grammar skills and are designed as supplemental writing exercises that students complete over short, 10 to 15 minute sessions at the beginning or end of a class period. Quill offers prompts and exercises and delivers instant feedback to help students write, revise, and revise again until they are able to produce succinct, powerful sentences."
Visit Program WebsiteCost
Free Basic Package; $80 Teacher Premium; $1800 per year School Premium
More Pricing DetailsDemographics & Delivery
Intended Population
- Core
- Intervention
- Intensified intervention
Grade
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
Intended Group Size
- Any
ELL/DLL
- Partial
Multisensory Applications
- Unspecified
Computer-Based Delivery
- Full
Scripted
- Instructor Scripted
Program Specifics
Comprehensive or Skill Specific
- Skill Specific
Placement Tests
- Yes
Accelerated Learning
- Yes
Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery
- Yes
Error Correction Built In
- Yes
Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher
- Unspecified
Research & Evaluation
Research Summary
The publisher states that Quill uses evidence-based practices; however, no peer-reviewed studies evaluating the efficacy of the program were found. One peer reviewed article provided an overview of the program. A different article found that the Connect intervention within Quill had positive effects on sentence-combining outcomes, but no significant effects on writing or revision outcomes. However, the article is not peer-reviewed which preclude it from our rating.
Study Citations
Chang, B., Lazowski, R., Sandala, B., & Rudman, L. (2023). Effects of a Quill Connect Intervention on Standardized Measures for Sentence Combining and Paragraph Writing/Revision.
Patel, A. (2019). Quill as an Effective and Enjoyable Online Tool for Enhancing Writing Skills. Research Review International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 4(4), 991-913.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
- Insufficient evidence
