One of the experiences all CSUN students must go through is the test known as the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam. While all tests are stressful, the Writing Proficiency Exam is well known to ...

English-language learners scored more than 50 points below their non-ELL peers in the 12th grade on a national writing assessment known as the “nation’s report card.” The gap between ELLs and non-ELLs ...

The results of a national writing test released Friday show that only a quarter of eighth- and 12th-grade students have solid writing skills, a statistic that Lowcountry school officials say they have ...

Georgia’s current writing exam for high schoolers may soon be history. State education department officials unveiled a proposal Wednesday to phase out the exam in favor of annual writing assessments ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover writing, work, career, creativity and self-expression. The A-level exam results are out in the UK. Over 350,000 teenagers ...

In 1977, long before most of today’s college students were born, Old Dominion University President Alfred Rollins declared in an address to the faculty that too many ODU graduates were unable to write ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS)-- The state is expected to save nearly $2.5 million, now that Gov. Pat Quinn has eliminated writing exam for Illinois students. As WBBM Newsradio 780's Mary Frances Bragiel ...

Old Dominion University has ended a policy adopted in 1977 that students had to pass a writing examination to graduate, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The university came to the conclusion that the ...

The Florida Department of Education lowered the performance level standard on a state writing exam after only 27 percent of fourth graders passed, MyFoxOrlando reports. The decision to lower the ...