The WASL is a scam. The scores are easily manipulated. Commentary written in 2000.
WASL
The WASL as we knew it is being phased out. We don’t yet know whether the new assessments will be an improvement. Here are reports, analyses, letters, articles, and commentaries from the WASL era. They will explain some of the issues surrounding the WASL, and will help explain the reason for the changes in the new assessments.