Is the Wasl Test Too Hard? Or Is School Curriculum to Blame?
Yakima Herald-Republic › July 07, 2006
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The Washington Assessment of Student Learning testing is all business now, and those students who didn't pass all three sections of the 10th-grade test in the spring can sign up for important August retakes by phone through today and online through Sunday. This spring's results were predictable, though still not acceptable, locally and across the state. In a nutshell, students are reading better and their writing has improved. But math remains a major obstacle.
That pretty much mirrors society these days. Being able to read is taken for granted, while math skills in everyday life aren't held to the same standard. One would be aghast if a person couldn't read a dinner check at a local restaurant. But it's no big deal if he or she can't figure a 15 percent tip in their head.See the full content of this document
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Is the Wasl Test Too Hard? Or Is School Curriculum to Blame?
Poor math scores have been consistent since the testing began. Statewide totals this spring found just 54 percent of the 71,000 students taking the test passed math, while 85 per...
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