A host of schools across the state say their fifth- and eighth-grade writing test scores are deeply flawed, but state education officials are standing by the scores issued by controversial vendor ...

She developed the first-grade writing rubric for grading student papers. The five finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year.

A bill that went into effect in Ohio last month means schools will teach students to write legibly in cursive by the end of the fifth grade.