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 ...

A new policy has been implemented at CSUN that requires all students who now have 75 units or more to attempt the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE) prior to registration of Spring 2012 ...

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 ...

BOZEMAN — Starting in two years, only students who pass a writing proficiency test will be fully admitted to Montana’s four-year state colleges and universities, the Board of Regents decided Friday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Harvard in 1900 had only one required course -- freshman composition -- reflecting the faculty’s belief that writing was too important a skill to be left to caprice. After all, back in 1874-- 1874! -- ...

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.