The most recent data we have—from 2011—shows that only 27% of students score proficient or above in writing. The next writing test isn't scheduled until 2030. Every two years we hear how American ...

After decades of paper-and-pencil tests, the new results from the “nation’s report card” in writing come from a computer-based assessment for the first time, but only about one-quarter of the 8th and ...

“Writing in a computer-based environment is part of the construct of what writing is–so looking at how young people are able to move into, with comfort, writing in a digital framework both tells us ...

MISSOULA — Which is the greater sin in writing: wandering away from the point of an argument, or forgetting that the word "won't" needs an apostrophe? When you've got a pile of 7,200 student essays ...

State education officials will streamline the state’s writing-assessment test. The State Board of Education, following a recommendation from Michael Flanagan, state superintendent, announced recently ...