Princeton and Stanford last week became the latest schools to drop the SAT essay requirement. The College Board made the section optional in 2016. Skeptics will applaud this essay’s demise as a return ...

Since the invention of the printing press in 1440, writing has taken on great importance in our lives. None of us can deny the value of knowing and reading about the science, history and math that ...

A fifth grader takes the New York State English Language Arts exam. Writing has been hard to test reliably, but a new approach called comparative judgment holds promise. (Photo by John Paraskevas ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

Jarod Ockander paused for a moment Thursday when asked what he and other teachers at David City High School did last year to improve their junior class writing scores. He said David City staff took it ...