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 college experience teaches you many skills, from how to take notes to pulling off all nighters to surviving on a diet of takeout and microwave noodles. One set of skills, though, that our ...

A bill removing the requirement that Oregon students in the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024 demonstrate basic proficiency in math, reading and writing to earn a high school diploma passed a key ...

Public schools must devote more time and resources to improving students’ writing proficiency if they hope to raise achievement overall and prepare students for future success, a report by the ...

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 ...

The Graduate GWAR is a CSU wide requirement that should be completed by graduate students before advancing to candidacy. The purpose of the GWAR is for students to demonstrate their proficiency at ...

The California Education Code and Title 5 Regulations specify that applicants for a credential, certificate, or permit to serve in the public schools of California must verify basic skills proficiency ...

All CSUN students must take the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam in order to graduate. Students are eligible to take the exam after completing a total of 56 semester units and after completing ...

More than 90 percent of Nebraska's students at three grade levels scored as proficient in writing during the 2007-08 school year. The Nebraska Department of Education released the scores this morning.

BILLINGS - Students seeking admission to four-year public colleges in Montana would not have to meet a minimum score for writing proficiency, under a proposal set for consideration this week by the ...