"Instead of fixing struggling schools, the state instead opted to enact a high-stakes exam that effectively has punished, sacrificed and abandoned the students that were really the ones that needed the education the most," plaintiffs' attorney Tom Frongillo said.
Doesn't everyone need an education? Why do they insinuate that some people need it more than others? Also, how many of those students that failed have been to class everyday? How may actually read the material? How many asked for help with something they did not understand? It's not necessarily the schools that have failed but they themselves who do not value a good education.
Here in Washington, the school system is headed for an iceberg over this same issue. In about two years, passing the test will be a requirement for graduation, and as things stand now, half the kids won't graduate.