A growing Latino population is one of several mitigating circumstances adding to the challenge area school districts face in showing proficiency in academic testing. For example, Esma Lewis Elementary ...

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 ...

Undergraduate students at CSUN have maintained a steady proficiency in their writing skills over the past several years, in contrast to a study done and published by two sociologists who say that ...

About one-third of America’s eighth-grade students, and about one in four high school seniors, are proficient writers, according to results of a nationwide test released yesterday. The test, ...

The Writing Resource Center (WRC) at the School of Visual Arts helps students develop the skills they need to convey their ideas clearly, creatively and analytically. Through personal, one-on-one ...

The statement addresses how written assignments frequently serve as a primary method for measuring comprehension, analysis, and critical thinking across disciplines. In many institutions, grading ...

Grand Island students scored below the statewide averages on writing assessments for the fourth- and eighth grades and were just about even with the statewide average for 11th-graders. Statewide, 80 ...

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 ...

Undergraduate students are required to meet a foreign language requirement for their baccalaureate degree. The policy requires proficiency to be demonstrated at an intermediate-level comparable to the ...