North Carolina students’ writing test scores improved in the 2007-08 school year, according to the preliminary report on the results of the North Carolina General Writing Assessment at Grades 4, 7 and 10.
Results showed that 59.8 percent of fourth graders scored proficient in writing in 2007-08, up from 52.7 percent the previous year. For eighth graders, the percent proficient was 58.3 percent in 2007-08, an improvement from the prior year’s results of 50.8 percent. Tenth graders improved more than the other grades with a proficiency rate of 72.3 percent  up from 51.4 percent last year.
To read more, including how the State Board of Education will evaluate writing in the future, please go to the NCDPI Web site and click on the appropriate link under “News.”