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Writing, Reading and Arithmetic. The three “R’s” of education. Eduify is focused on the first one: Writing. Writing is a critically important skill to succeeding in life. Yet, writing is often under-taught and forgotten in rhetoric. We, like the National Commission on Writing, think writing is truly the neglected “R.”

The state of writing in the US is worse than most realize. Here are some interesting statistics that bring it into perspective:

4 out of 5 Students are NOT Proficient Writers
Three times since 1998 the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) / National Center for Educational Progress has administered a writing assessment to students around the US. In fact, they just finished administering the 2009 report. While students have improved their writing slightly over time, the country as a whole still has a long way to go. The data in the report is phrased and graphically shown in a way that’s a little difficult to understand. The NCW interprets it clearly: “About one student in five produces completely unsatisfactory prose, about 50 percent meet “basic” requirements, and only one in five can be called “proficient.”