The days of cruising into high school graduation are finally over in Washington State. Now students have to pass WASL in order to graduate. Washington students are not used to having to perform at this level, and many are failing the test. What's most troublesome about the test is that minorities and students from poor families are doing much worse than average. Americans don't like to talk about race or class - that's so Old World - but it is very evident from the test scores that race and class have a lot to do with one's success.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003257791_wasl14m.html
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