However, AERA advises that tests valid for one use may be invalid for another. We should know how successful high-school graduates score on this test. We should try the test on successful bus drivers, firemen, computer programmers, teachers, legislators and journalists anyone worthy of a high school diploma. We haven t. Chances are that many successful adults will flunk one subject or another.
Many successful people can t do math or can t write a good essay.
Yet, they succeed because they compensate by being good at other things. The case for MORE tests To be fair to kids, we must identify younger children who will need help to pass the graduation test. Long before denying a student a diploma, educators must offer the child every opportunity to make the cut. . . . Vouchers for summer school and after-school instruction, for example, would enable families to choose extra help for their children from the school, or from specialized sources. All kids can learn.