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 most recent data we have—from 2011—shows that only 27% of students score proficient or above in writing. The next writing test isn't scheduled until 2030. Every two years we hear how American ...

Jeff Grabill is a co-founder of Drawbridge Incorporated, an educational technology company. Its product, Eli Review, is a peer learning technology used in environments in which writing is a resource ...

Lucinda McKnight receives funding from the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most ...