THE PRESS DEMOCRAT – Teacher Gloria De Blasio has students with such a mix of skills in her Santa Rosa Junior College English class that she likens it to ?teaching in a one-room school house.? ?There ...

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 ...

The nation’s 4th and 8th graders have shown some improvement in their writing proficiency in the past several years, but one in four high school seniors still has trouble drafting effective written ...

A new policy has been implemented at CSUN that requires all students who now have 75 units or more to attempt the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE) prior to registration of Spring 2012 ...

Written exams should generate writing that vibrates with personality, exploration of ideas and an urge to communicate, says Tyler Thier This may discredit my job as the coordinator of Hofstra ...

Citrus County's fourth-, eighth- and 10th-graders continue to struggle with their writing compared with students elsewhere in Florida, according to scores on the 2005 Florida Comprehensive Assessment ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska students have improved their writing skills -- or at least they're performing better when tested on them. Eighty-nine percent of the state's fourth-, eighth- and ...