WASHINGTON – Ties are back at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. To the relief of many participants, bee organizers have gotten rid of the written test spellers took just in case a single ...

The test, which is being taken by infant children for the first time, is to be used to set the national standard for Key Stage 1 spelling for future years.

Ministers are urged to scrap this year's national spelling tests after the actual paper was published on a government website months ahead of the exam.

Word whiz Arvind Mahankali, 13, bested 280 other competitors to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. To prepare for the competition, students like Mahankali must master both ...

The test paper had been accidentally published on the Department for Education's website The government has been forced to cancel its controversial new spelling and grammar test after it was ...

A national spelling test for Year 2 pupils has been cancelled by the Schools Minister after a teacher spotted it had mistakenly been published online as a practise paper. Charlotte Smiles was ...

The preliminary test, known as Round 1, is used to limit the number of spellers on stage for the final rounds shown nationwide on a live, prime-time broadcast. Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post ...

Students compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling words that could make one’s head spin (“weissnichtwo” and “cabotinage,” to name a couple). But it doesn’t take ...

The test paper had been accidentally published on the Department for Education's website The government has been forced to cancel its controversial new spelling and grammar test after it was ...