The article makes Washington states decision to drop the math and science portions of the WASL a bad one. In fact, the test had a lot of kinks that needed to be worked out before the state made it a graduation requirement. Students still take it every year, and it still must be passed to graduate, but now they're alternatives to taking it, like doing a portfolio documenting your entire highschool career, and not just a test taken during one week.
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