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"Three-quarters of both 12th and 8th graders lack proficiency in writing...

"And 40 percent of those who took the ACT writing exam in the high school class of 2016 lacked the reading and writing skills necessary to complete successfully a college-level English composition class, according to the company’s data."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/education/edlife/writing-education-grammar-students-children.html?smid=tw-share

Why Kids Can’t Write Some say English instruction must get back to basics, with a focus on grammar. But won’t that stifle a student’s personal voice?