Still, handwriting continued to be considered a necessary skill ... In the past, most American students began learning to write in cursive in third grade, making it a rite of passage, said Jaime ...

"In the 3rd grade, testing is conducted on the introduction to cursive while in the 4th grade, their writing skills are tested. In the 5th grade, both the letter case writing and the cursive ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.