[Amelia]

Yes, federal. Even the special education students are supposed to perform at grade level.

Apparently some schools used to encourage the SpEd populations to stay home on test day so they wouldn't bring down the scores, so attendance is part of it too.

[marajade]

“Apparently some schools used to encourage the SpEd populations to stay home on test day so they wouldn’t bring down the scores, so attendance is part of it too.”

That’s downright pure corruption.