Deb Saunders has an article on the test controversy in California.
The argument that exit exams should not be required for students to graduate usually amount to:
The lawyer's argument is that it is unfair to not grant a diploma to a student who has completed 13 years of school and repeatedly received passing grades in math, English and other classes, because the student cannot pass "one test."
What they ignore is that if the students can't pass this "one test," then it is likely that all of the classes they took weren't worth very much.
Some of the anxiety appears to be over the fact that some of the students don't do well because English is not their first language.
Tough. English is what we speak here. Learn it fluently if you want to pass.
That is all.
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