It’s easy to lament student writing abilities. Alarmist complaints can be regularly read in The Chronicle, popular journalism, and books. It’s easy for teachers to take their frustration with a few ...

A group of students begins an in-class writing test. According to new data analysis, half of U.S. eighth graders have difficulty with long-form writing on tests and classwork that involves reading.

We need to do a much better job of teaching our students to write effectively. Effective writing is far too important to be left to freshman rhetoric and composition courses or designated writing ...

This fall, thanks to receiving a high score on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam, hundreds of thousands of incoming freshmen are going to dodge their college or university’s ...

Standardized testing has long been a part of the public school system. While there have been arguments made against students needing to take them, there hasn't been a significant shift in their use.