Should the Common Core Include Handwriting?

Will exclusion from the Common Core State Standards be the final death knell for handwriting instruction?

Last week's most-clicked ASCD SmartBrief story had advocates explaining the benefits of handwriting instruction, even in an age of ubiquitous keyed text. Experts say learning handwriting has both cognitive and motor benefits, and that letter formation is a skill that needs to be taught and practiced. Poor handwriting skills may affect reading comprehension, keyboarding ability, and perception of the message being communicated, researchers add.

Education Week reports that failing to mention handwriting in the Common Core State Standards is inconsistent with the spirit of the standards:

"Finland's National Core Curriculum for Basic Education, an inspiration for the common-core standards in the United States, includes 'drawing the form of letters, learning capital and lower-case printed and cursive letters, and combining letters' in its standards for grades 1 and 2."

California and Massachusetts have supplemented their Common Core State Standards (which include standards for keyboarding) with handwriting instruction; should other states follow suit?