The test he was taking reflects on the school. The reason they wanted him to finish it is because they get funding based on how well the students do on the test....so who ever called the kid a brat and needed to do his homework, read the article.
Weighed in the balance it is found wanting by it's violation of the principle of subsidiarity as Leo XIII developed in Rerum Novarum. The principle holds that government should undertake only those initiatives which EXCEED the capacity of individuals or private groups acting independently. The principle is based upon the autonomy and dignity of the human individual. All other forms of society, from the family to the state and the international order, should be in the service of the human person. Human persons are by their nature social beings, and small and intermediate-sized communities or institutions, like the family, the church, and voluntary associations, must be the first line as mediating structures which empower individual action and link the individual to society as a whole. That means education and discipline begins with parents, then to teachers, then to principals and school boards and then, IF there is no other way, the state. The WASL by its very nature gets the whole thing bass-ackwards