Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

In Michigan, a group of fourth graders is learning important lessons on reading and writing. Since December, they have been exchanging handwritten letters with veteran pen pals and finally got the ...

This study examined developmental differences in written expression of intermediate-grade children across planning, writing, and revising products. This work is the first step in a programmatic line ...

In fourth-grade English, your fourth-grader will learn to read, discuss, and write about complicated stories, rich poems, plays, informational books, and articles. Your child will also learn to show ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A simple fourth-grade writing assignment at Seven Oaks Elementary School has turned into a new tool that’s helping every student feel included on the playground. The project ...

Author and literary agent Alexandra Penfold can speak firsthand on how standardized testing shouldn’t define young students. One of her tweets from July 2018 about academic performance is making its ...

Within a few weeks, Nevada's 31,000 fourth-graders will have taken the Nevada State Proficiency in Writing test. There are no exemptions allowed under state or federal law. None. A mere learning ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- What started as a fourth grade writing assignment led a student at a Fort Knox school to publish his own children's book. According to a news release Thursday from Fort Knox ...

Although most Connecticut schoolchildren can write acceptable essays, many still cannot compose the kind of paper that qualifies as good writing, new test results show. Only one of every eight ...

RYE — Every month the students of Rye Elementary School meet in the school gym for a celebration ceremony, but this time it was special. Not only did a fourth-grade class win a national writing prize, ...

Just-released results from the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program show Summit School District students did equal to or better than other state schools in almost all content areas. “We were very ...