Today's Everett Herald carries a solid editorial calling for a veto of the nasty bits in this year's WASL legislation. After identifying provisions weakening the reading and writing sections of the WASL - an appeals process, alternative criteria, and so on - the Herald reaches the right conclusion:
The governor should veto these changes to the reading and writing requirement, sending a clear signal to students who have yet to pass and their schools that the best alternative remains the same: take advantage of the extra help that's available and work hard to get over the bar. For the sake of our students' future, it shouldn't be lowered.
It's a shame that it needs to be said. But it needed to be said.
