Education activists are increasingly becoming concerned about the computer grading of written portions of new Common Core tests. Can a computer really grade written work as well as a human being?

Compared to Fordham’s last big survey on common-core reading, in 2012, the proportion of teachers reporting using “grade level” texts rather than texts based on students’ reading levels ...

Passing the Common Core: 5th grade By . Post Staff Report. Published April 3, 2016, 7:40 a.m. ET. ... One of the 5th grade standards involves researching and writing a five-paragraph argument essay.

Passing the Common Core: 1st grade By . Post Staff Report. Published April 3, 2016, 7:20 a.m. ET. ... In writing, students put together clear sentences on a range of topics, using a growing ...

Much to the delight of writing enthusiasts, the curriculum standards known as the Common Core stress the importance of students’ putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) across all subject areas.

Critics who suspect Common Core is sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum have new ammo in a writing lesson that purports to give both sides of the gun debate.

Disdain for "Common Core" math instruction and the requirement that students explain their answers crosses all manner of partisan boundaries. Unfortunately, it's dead wrong: explaining answers is ...

A recent survey finds that teachers say the common-core standards have led them to focus more on teaching writing than they have in the past, and yet they haven't gotten the proper training to do so.

The Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects—or ELA standards for short—help address some of these readiness ...

Standards are best met when students read at grade level and can also read books they want, while developing a writing voice and skills. NYTimes.com no longer supports Internet Explorer 9 or ...

Oregon students had to do a lot of writing on the new Common Core tests. And they performed far better than expected. In this 2013 photo, Ashley Wilson, then a senior at Oregon City High, starts a ...