Thanks for your input. Interestingly, I was concerned with handwriting issues so had DS tested in the middle of the last school year. However, the test results came back with high handwriting speed, which also was a bit higher than his typing speed. Of course, his typing speed could have improved since then so there may be something to what you are suggesting. The funny thing is that I don't think spell check and grammar check are available in the essay test submission software plus he doesn't use spell check or grammar check in Word even though I have been trying to get him to do it.
