Their writing is judged on six traits, including organization and sentence fluency. Conventions—which includes spelling, capitalization, and similar features that spell check can detect and fix—is the ...

The use of spell-check for Oregon's 7th grade and high school online writing assessment has spurred a welcome dialogue in our state regarding what is important for our kids to know and be able to do ...

You don't have to be a good speller to be a good writer. That's the message the Oregon Department of Education is sending its students. On Wednesday, students across the state will start taking their ...

SALEM — Oregon students taking a state writing assessment test will be allowed to use a computer spell checker this year. KTVZ-TV in Bend reported that, beginning with the new school year, the Oregon ...