Deletion of California Basic Educational Skills Test

Comment: emphatically. This test is well beyond the requirements for meeting . There are a multitude of references available, and the proper approach would have been to add new reliable sources and reorganize it as opposed to attempting a deletion
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: A GScholar search shows about 260 hits for the topic, GBooks shows dozens of books on CBEST and a GNews search shows many articles in the LA Times, the San Jose Mercury and the Sacramento Bee newspapers about this controversial test. A http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/13/us/education-dept-says-states-have-lax-standards-for-teachers.html New York Times article indicates that CBEST is of national significance. It appears that this topic is highly significant. The article does have problems with some how-to sections and even a catalog of prices, but fixing these is a matter of editing; they are surmountable problems per . A highly notable topic and surmountable article problems suggests keeping the article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:SURMOUNTABLE)