Eighth-grade students around California and the nation can write better essays and more persuasive arguments than they could four years ago, but they still have a long way to go before being deemed ...

Throughout the journey from kindergarten to 12th grade, students are supposed to gain appropriate vocabulary and grammar skills that need to be successfully implemented into essay writing. Here are ...

Asked to assess their students’ current writing skills, these AP and NWP teachers give students modest ratings. Despite seeing many positive effects of today’s digital tools on student writing, ...

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.