POSITION OF OPPOSITIONTO USE OF THE W ASL AS A BARRIER TO GRADUATIONWHEREAS, the following waming appears in the Office of the Superintendent of PublicInstruction's own technical reports on the WASL;"While school and district scores may be useful in ctmiculum and instructional planning, it isimportant to exercise extreme caution when interpreting individual reports.
The items included on
WASL tests are samples from a larger domain.
Scores from one test given on a single occasion should
never be used to make important decisions about students' placement, the type of instruction theyreceive, or retention in a given grade level in school.
It is important to corr...
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