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 ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Penn Manor School District will be implementing a new way of teaching students how to spell. Instead of the traditional spelling test where the words are given on Monday and ...

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ASKED WHY? THE PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TRADITION SPELLING TESTS WILL SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. PROBABLY WHAT A LOT OF US REMEMBER. SO PRETEST PRACTICE THE WORDS ALL WEEK.

Spelling tests aren't fun, and most kids dread the moment their teachers start reciting the words they were supposed to be studying for weeks. If you were a decent speller growing up, maybe you never ...

A teen has shared their frustration after receiving two fail marks on what seemed to be a straightforward English spelling test. The marks, attributed to a misheard word and a perplexing grading ...

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"; ...