An age-old staple of elementary school — the weekly spelling test — is disappearing from some classrooms. Causing confusion among parents, a growing number of schools are ditching tradition for a ...

A spelling test is an assessment of a student’s ability to spell the words correctly, as these are listed in dictionary. Spelling test is generally included in most of the competitive exams. Spellings ...

Spelling test is mainly the test of orientation of words as per the English dictionary. Through spellings, you can identify the correct words, which tells about your English language skills. Correct ...

This year’s back to school night was a nightmare and “No spelling test!” was the tip of the iceberg. When administrators at back-to-school night said “spelling is not important enough to be tested"; ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

Misty Adoniou is a Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of Canberra. She occasionally presents workshops in schools on the teaching of ...

Are spelling tests really necessary? Not in the affluent Solon City Schools in Ohio where fifth graders are learning to spell second-grade level words! What if these were your children? Would you ...