Teenagers’ Texting Time Fails to Translate Into Sparkling Prose
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U.S. teenagers’ texting, tweeting and posting on Facebook hasn’t improved their writing, even when students have laptops with a spell-checking program.
Nearly three-quarters of the eighth- and 12th graders failed to achieve proficiency on a national writing test, according to a U.S. government report released today. For the first time, the exam let students use a computer, rather than pencil and paper.